First names in Hebrew

First name Jacquelyn: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יעקב

Gematria value: 182

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jacquelyn 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 Jacquelyn mean?

Meaning: "he holds the heel"
Origin: Hebrew

Jacqueline is the feminine of Jacques, the French form of James. And Jacques, despite appearances, is Jacob: the Latin Iacobus became Jacques in French, and Jacob is Yaakov in Hebrew. Your name thus goes back to one of the three patriarchs of the Bible.

Gematria

Jacquelyn = 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׳קלין (as it sounds in English), Jacquelyn is worth 193.

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 Jacquelyn, 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

Jacquelyn, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Jacquelyn in three answers

How do you write Jacquelyn in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jacquelyn is written יעקב. Jacquelyn is an American spelling of Jacqueline, from Jacob, יעקב in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳קלין.

What is the gematria value of Jacquelyn?
Written יעקב, Jacquelyn is worth 182: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Bet (2). Written ג׳קלין (as it sounds in English), it is worth 193.

What does Jacquelyn mean?
He holds the heel (origin: Hebrew). Jacqueline is the feminine of Jacques, the French form of James. And Jacques, despite appearances, is Jacob: the Latin Iacobus became Jacques in French, and Jacob is Yaakov in Hebrew. Your name thus goes back to one of the three patriarchs of the Bible.