First names in Hebrew

First name Kerry: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

קרי

Gematria value: 310

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Kerry is written קרי

Meaning and origin

What does Kerry mean?

Meaning: from the Irish county of Kerry
Origin: Celtic

Kerry is the name of a county in the southwest of Ireland, from the Irish Ciarraí, “the people of Ciar”, which is linked to ciar, “dark”. It became a first name in the twentieth century, for girls and boys.

Gematria

Kerry = 310

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

• קthe letter Kuf100
• רthe letter Resh200
• יthe letter Yod10
• Total310

The verse of the name

From the letter Kuf 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 Kerry, from ק to י:

קְנֵה חׇכְמָה קְנֵה בִינָה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח וְאַל־תֵּט מֵאִמְרֵי־פִי׃

“Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.”

Proverbs 4:5

The book of your first name

Kerry, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Kerry in three answers

How do you write Kerry in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Kerry is written קרי.

What is the gematria value of Kerry?
Written קרי, Kerry is worth 310: the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10).

What does Kerry mean?
From the Irish county of Kerry (origin: Celtic). Kerry is the name of a county in the southwest of Ireland, from the Irish Ciarraí, “the people of Ciar”, which is linked to ciar, “dark”. It became a first name in the twentieth century, for girls and boys.