First names in Hebrew

First name Jerry: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ג׳רי

Gematria value: 213

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jerry is written ג׳רי

Jerry is a pet form of Gerald, and sometimes of Gerard or Jeremy.

Meaning and origin

What does Jerry mean?

Meaning: "rule of the spear"
Origin: Germanic

Gerald comes from the Germanic Gerwald, made of ger, "spear", and wald, "rule, power": "the one who rules by the spear". It came to England with the Normans and was popular in America in the first half of the twentieth century. Jerry is its pet form.

Gematria

Jerry = 213

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. ג׳רי has 3 letters:

• גthe letter Gimel3
• רthe letter Resh200
• יthe letter Yod10
• Total213

The verse of the name

From the letter Gimel to the letter Yod

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 Jerry, from ג to י:

גַּם כִּי־אֵלֵךְ בְּגֵיא צַלְמָוֶת לֹא־אִירָא רָע כִּי־אַתָּה עִמָּדִי שִׁבְטְךָ וּמִשְׁעַנְתֶּךָ הֵמָּה יְנַחֲמֻנִי׃

“Even when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no harm, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”

Psalms 23:4

The book of your first name

Jerry, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Jerry in three answers

How do you write Jerry in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jerry is written ג׳רי. Jerry is a pet form of Gerald, and sometimes of Gerard or Jeremy.

What is the gematria value of Jerry?
Written ג׳רי, Jerry is worth 213: the letter Gimel (3) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10).

What does Jerry mean?
Rule of the spear (origin: Germanic). Gerald comes from the Germanic Gerwald, made of ger, "spear", and wald, "rule, power": "the one who rules by the spear". It came to England with the Normans and was popular in America in the first half of the twentieth century. Jerry is its pet form.