First names in Hebrew

First name Jeff: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ג׳ף

Gematria value: 83

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jeff is written ג׳ף

Jeff is short for Jeffrey.

Meaning and origin

What does Jeff mean?

Meaning: "peace" (the first part is disputed)
Origin: Germanic

Jeffrey comes from the medieval Geoffrey, from Germanic names ending in frid, "peace"; the first part is disputed, perhaps "territory" or "traveler". It was among the most given boys' names in America in the 1960s. Jeff is its short form, Geoffrey and Jeffery other spellings.

Gematria

Jeff = 83

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. ג׳ף has 2 letters:

• גthe letter Gimel3
• ףthe letter final Pe80
• Total83

The verse of the name

From the letter Gimel to the letter final Pe

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 Jeff, from ג to ף:

גַּם כׇּל־יָמָיו בַּחֹשֶׁךְ יֹאכֵל וְכָעַס הַרְבֵּה וְחׇלְיוֹ וָקָצֶף׃

“All his days, too, he eats in darkness, with much vexation, sickness and anger.”

Ecclesiastes 5:16

The book of your first name

Jeff, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Jeff in three answers

How do you write Jeff in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jeff is written ג׳ף. Jeff is short for Jeffrey.

What is the gematria value of Jeff?
Written ג׳ף, Jeff is worth 83: the letter Gimel (3) + the letter final Pe (80).

What does Jeff mean?
Peace" (the first part is disputed) (origin: Germanic). Jeffrey comes from the medieval Geoffrey, from Germanic names ending in frid, "peace"; the first part is disputed, perhaps "territory" or "traveler". It was among the most given boys' names in America in the 1960s. Jeff is its short form, Geoffrey and Jeffery other spellings.