First names in Hebrew

First name Janis: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יוחנן

Gematria value: 124

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Janis is written יוחנן

RecommendedיוחנןThe original spellingJanis is a spelling of Janice, from Jane, feminine of John, יוחנן in Hebrew.Value: 124

ג׳ניסAs it sounds in EnglishThe Hebrew letters that transcribe the sound of your name: for a book that reads this sound rather than the origin of the name.Value: 123

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 Janis mean?

Meaning: "God has shown grace"
Origin: Hebrew

Janice is an English name derived from Jane, the feminine of John. It was made popular at the end of the 19th century by an American novel, then spread throughout the English-speaking world. Through John, it goes back to the Hebrew Yochanan, "God has shown grace".

Gematria

Janis = 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׳ניס (as it sounds in English), Janis is worth 123.

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 Janis, 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

Janis, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Janis in three answers

How do you write Janis in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Janis is written יוחנן. Janis is a spelling of Janice, from Jane, feminine of John, יוחנן in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳ניס.

What is the gematria value of Janis?
Written יוחנן, Janis 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׳ניס (as it sounds in English), it is worth 123.

What does Janis mean?
God has shown grace (origin: Hebrew). Janice is an English name derived from Jane, the feminine of John. It was made popular at the end of the 19th century by an American novel, then spread throughout the English-speaking world. Through John, it goes back to the Hebrew Yochanan, "God has shown grace".

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