First names in Hebrew
First name Janie: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling
יוחנן
Gematria value: 124
Its spelling
In Hebrew, Janie 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 Janie mean?
Meaning: "God has shown grace" (through Jane and John)
Origin: Hebrew
Janie is the affectionate form of Jane, given today as a name of its own. Jane comes from Johanna, the feminine of John, and John from the Hebrew Yochanan, “God has shown grace”.
Gematria
Janie = 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׳ייני (as it sounds in English), Janie is worth 83.
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 Janie, 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
Janie, in nine pages
- Janie, in Hebrew
- Letter by letter
- The number of your name
- The verse of your name
- The portrait of Janie
- Janie, day to day
- What tradition says about names
- The sources
Frequently asked
Janie in three answers
How do you write Janie in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Janie is written יוחנן. Janie is a pet form of Jane, feminine of John, from Yochanan, יוחנן in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳ייני.
What is the gematria value of Janie?
Written יוחנן, Janie 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׳ייני (as it sounds in English), it is worth 83.
What does Janie mean?
God has shown grace" (through Jane and John) (origin: Hebrew). Janie is the affectionate form of Jane, given today as a name of its own. Jane comes from Johanna, the feminine of John, and John from the Hebrew Yochanan, “God has shown grace”.
A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).