First names in Hebrew

First name Jada: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ג׳יידה

Gematria value: 32

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jada is written ג׳יידה

Meaning and origin

What does Jada mean?

Meaning: of disputed origin; in the Bible, Yada, "he knew"
Origin: disputed

Jada is a modern American name of disputed origin. It is often seen as a form of Jade, the green stone, whose name comes from the Spanish ijada; it also echoes a Hebrew name of the Bible, Yada, “he knew”, borne by a man of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:28). The actress Jada Pinkett Smith made it popular from the 1990s.

Gematria

Jada = 32

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. ג׳יידה has 5 letters:

• גthe letter Gimel3
• יthe letter Yod10
• יthe letter Yod10
• דthe letter Dalet4
• הthe letter He5
• Total32

The verse of the name

From the letter Gimel to the letter He

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 Jada, from ג to ה:

גַּם־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹא־יַחְשִׁיךְ מִמֶּךָּ וְלַיְלָה כַּיּוֹם יָאִיר כַּחֲשֵׁיכָה כָּאוֹרָה׃

“Even darkness is not dark for You; the night shines like the day, darkness and light are alike.”

Psalms 139:12

The book of your first name

Jada, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Jada in three answers

How do you write Jada in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jada is written ג׳יידה.

What is the gematria value of Jada?
Written ג׳יידה, Jada is worth 32: the letter Gimel (3) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Dalet (4) + the letter He (5).

What does Jada mean?
Of disputed origin; in the Bible, Yada, "he knew (origin: disputed). Jada is a modern American name of disputed origin. It is often seen as a form of Jade, the green stone, whose name comes from the Spanish ijada; it also echoes a Hebrew name of the Bible, Yada, “he knew”, borne by a man of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:28). The actress Jada Pinkett Smith made it popular from the 1990s.