First names in Hebrew

First name Jax: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יוחנן

Gematria value: 124

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jax 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 Jax mean?

Meaning: "son of Jack" (Jack, a pet form of John, "God has been gracious")
Origin: Hebrew

Jackson began as an English surname meaning "son of Jack". Jack is a very old English pet form of John, which comes from the Hebrew Yochanan, "God has been gracious". The name of President Andrew Jackson, it became one of the most given boys' names in America in the 2010s, along with the spellings Jaxon and Jaxson.

Gematria

Jax = 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׳קס (as it sounds in English), Jax is worth 163.

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 Jax, 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

Jax, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Jax in three answers

How do you write Jax in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jax is written יוחנן. Jax is a short form of Jackson, "son of Jack"; Jack is an English pet form of John, יוחנן in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳קס.

What is the gematria value of Jax?
Written יוחנן, Jax 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׳קס (as it sounds in English), it is worth 163.

What does Jax mean?
Son of Jack" (Jack, a pet form of John, "God has been gracious") (origin: Hebrew). Jackson began as an English surname meaning "son of Jack". Jack is a very old English pet form of John, which comes from the Hebrew Yochanan, "God has been gracious". The name of President Andrew Jackson, it became one of the most given boys' names in America in the 2010s, along with the spellings Jaxon and Jaxson.