First names in Hebrew

First name Jackie: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יעקב

Gematria value: 182

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jackie is written יעקב

For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.

Meaning and origin

What does Jackie mean?

Meaning: pet form of Jacqueline, from Jacob, "he holds the heel"
Origin: Hebrew

For a girl, Jackie is the pet form of Jacqueline, the feminine of Jacques, which is Jacob; for a boy, it is usually a pet form of Jack, which goes back to John. Jacqueline Kennedy made it one of the best-known names in America in the 1960s. Through Jacob, your name goes back to the Hebrew Yaakov, from akev, “heel”.

Gematria

Jackie = 182

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. יעקב has 4 letters:

• יthe letter Yod10
• עthe letter Ayin70
• קthe letter Kuf100
• בthe letter Bet2
• Total182

Written ג׳קי (as it sounds in English), Jackie is worth 113.

The verse of the name

From the letter Yod to the letter Bet

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 Jackie, from י to ב:

יַעֲרֹף כַּמָּטָר לִקְחִי תִּזַּל כַּטַּל אִמְרָתִי כִּשְׂעִירִם עֲלֵי־דֶשֶׁא וְכִרְבִיבִים עֲלֵי־עֵשֶׂב׃

“May my teaching fall like rain, may my word come down like dew, like showers on young grass, like droplets on green plants.”

Deuteronomy 32:2

The book of your first name

Jackie, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Jackie in three answers

How do you write Jackie in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jackie is written יעקב. Jackie is a pet form of Jacqueline, from Jacob, יעקב in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳קי.

What is the gematria value of Jackie?
Written יעקב, Jackie is worth 182: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Bet (2). Written ג׳קי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 113.

What does Jackie mean?
Pet form of Jacqueline, from Jacob, "he holds the heel (origin: Hebrew). For a girl, Jackie is the pet form of Jacqueline, the feminine of Jacques, which is Jacob; for a boy, it is usually a pet form of Jack, which goes back to John. Jacqueline Kennedy made it one of the best-known names in America in the 1960s. Through Jacob, your name goes back to the Hebrew Yaakov, from akev, “heel”.