First names in Hebrew

First name Jonny: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יונתן

Gematria value: 516

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jonny is written יונתן

RecommendedיונתןThe original spellingJonny is a pet form of Jonathan, Yonatan, יונתן in Hebrew (and of John).Value: 516

ג׳וניAs 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: 69

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 Jonny mean?

Meaning: pet form of Jonathan, "God has given"
Origin: Hebrew

Jonny is the pet form of Jonathan, and sometimes of John. Jonathan is the Hebrew Yonatan, “God has given”: the name of the son of King Saul and the most faithful friend of David.

Gematria

Jonny = 516

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. יונתן has 5 letters:

יthe letter Yod10
וthe letter Vav6
נthe letter Nun50
תthe letter Tav400
ןthe letter final Nun50
Total516

Written ג׳וני (as it sounds in English), Jonny is worth 69.

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 Jonny, 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

Jonny, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Jonny in three answers

How do you write Jonny in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jonny is written יונתן. Jonny is a pet form of Jonathan, Yonatan, יונתן in Hebrew (and of John). As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳וני.

What is the gematria value of Jonny?
Written יונתן, Jonny is worth 516: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Tav (400) + the letter final Nun (50). Written ג׳וני (as it sounds in English), it is worth 69.

What does Jonny mean?
Pet form of Jonathan, "God has given (origin: Hebrew). Jonny is the pet form of Jonathan, and sometimes of John. Jonathan is the Hebrew Yonatan, “God has given”: the name of the son of King Saul and the most faithful friend of David.

A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).