First names in Hebrew

First name Joy: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

גילה

Gematria value: 48

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Joy is written גילה

Meaning and origin

What does Joy mean?

Meaning: "joy"
Origin: English

Joy is an English virtue name, from the Old French joie, from the Latin gaudium, "joy". It became a first name in the nineteenth century and remains simple and luminous.

Gematria

Joy = 48

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. גילה has 4 letters:

• גthe letter Gimel3
• יthe letter Yod10
• לthe letter Lamed30
• הthe letter He5
• Total48

Written ג׳וי (as it sounds in English), Joy is worth 19.

The verse of the name

From the letter Gimel to the letter He

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 Joy, from ג to ה:

גַּם־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹא־יַחְשִׁיךְ מִמֶּךָּ וְלַיְלָה כַּיּוֹם יָאִיר כַּחֲשֵׁיכָה כָּאוֹרָה׃

“Even darkness is not dark for You; the night shines like the day, darkness and light are alike.”

Psalms 139:12

The book of your first name

Joy, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Joy in three answers

How do you write Joy in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Joy is written גילה. As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳וי.

What is the gematria value of Joy?
Written גילה, Joy is worth 48: the letter Gimel (3) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter He (5). Written ג׳וי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 19.

What does Joy mean?
Joy (origin: English). Joy is an English virtue name, from the Old French joie, from the Latin gaudium, "joy". It became a first name in the nineteenth century and remains simple and luminous.