First names in Hebrew

First name Janet: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יוחנן

Gematria value: 124

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Janet is written יוחנן

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 Janet mean?

Meaning: "God has shown grace" (through Jane and John)
Origin: Hebrew

Janet is a diminutive of Jane, born in Scotland and northern England in the Middle Ages. Jane comes from Johanna, the feminine of John, and John from the Hebrew Yochanan, “God has shown grace”. Janet stood among the most given girls' names in America from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Gematria

Janet = 124

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

• יthe letter Yod10
• וthe letter Vav6
• חthe letter Chet8
• נthe letter Nun50
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total124

Written ג׳נט (as it sounds in English), Janet is worth 62.

The verse of the name

From the letter Yod to the letter final Nun

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 Janet, from י to ן:

יֵלְכוּ יֹנְקוֹתָיו וִיהִי כַזַּיִת הוֹדוֹ וְרֵיחַ לוֹ כַּלְּבָנוֹן׃

“His young shoots will spread out; his splendor will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.”

Hosea 14:7

The book of your first name

Janet, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Janet in three answers

How do you write Janet in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Janet is written יוחנן. Janet is a pet form of Jane, feminine of John, from Yochanan, יוחנן in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳נט.

What is the gematria value of Janet?
Written יוחנן, Janet is worth 124: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Chet (8) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter final Nun (50). Written ג׳נט (as it sounds in English), it is worth 62.

What does Janet mean?
God has shown grace" (through Jane and John) (origin: Hebrew). Janet is a diminutive of Jane, born in Scotland and northern England in the Middle Ages. Jane comes from Johanna, the feminine of John, and John from the Hebrew Yochanan, “God has shown grace”. Janet stood among the most given girls' names in America from the 1930s to the 1960s.