First names in Hebrew

First name Iris: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

קשת

Gematria value: 800

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Iris is written קשת

קשתThe Hebrew name with the same meaningKeshet, "rainbow", is a Hebrew first name (Genesis 9:13).Value: 800

איריסAs it sounds in EnglishThe Hebrew letters that transcribe the sound of your name: for a book that reads this sound rather than the origin of the name.Value: 281

Meaning and origin

What does Iris mean?

Meaning: "rainbow"
Origin: Greek

Iris is a Greek word meaning "rainbow". It is also the name of a flower of changing colors, and of the colored part of the eye.

Gematria

Iris = 800

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. קשת has 3 letters:

קthe letter Kuf100
שthe letter Shin300
תthe letter Tav400
Total800

Written איריס (as it sounds in English), Iris is worth 281.

The verse of the name

From the letter Kuf to the letter Tav

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Iris, from ק to ת:

קָטֹנְתִּי מִכֹּל הַחֲסָדִים וּמִכׇּל־הָאֱמֶת אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ אֶת־עַבְדֶּךָ כִּי בְמַקְלִי עָבַרְתִּי אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה וְעַתָּה הָיִיתִי לִשְׁנֵי מַחֲנוֹת׃

“I am too small for all the kindness and all the faithfulness You have shown Your servant: with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.”

Genesis 32:11

The book of your first name

Iris, in nine pages

Iris, in Hebrew
Letter by letter
The number of your name
The verse of your name
The portrait of Iris
Iris, day to day
What tradition says about names
The sources

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Frequently asked

Iris in three answers

How do you write Iris in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Iris is written קשת. As it sounds in English, it is written איריס.

What is the gematria value of Iris?
Written קשת, Iris is worth 800: the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Shin (300) + the letter Tav (400). Written איריס (as it sounds in English), it is worth 281.

What does Iris mean?
Rainbow (origin: Greek). Iris is a Greek word meaning "rainbow". It is also the name of a flower of changing colors, and of the colored part of the eye.

A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).