First names in Hebrew

First name Laura: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

דפנה

Gematria value: 139

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Laura is written דפנה

דפנהThe Hebrew name with the same meaningDafna, "laurel", is a common Hebrew first name.Value: 139

לורהAs 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: 241

Meaning and origin

What does Laura mean?

Meaning: "the laurel"
Origin: Latin

Your name comes from the Latin laurus, the laurel. Laurel crowns were given to victors and poets, and the word "laureate" comes from it. The laurel never loses its leaves in winter: it is an evergreen. It is also the name of the woman the Italian poet Petrarch sang all his life in his sonnets.

Gematria

Laura = 139

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

דthe letter Dalet4
פthe letter Pe80
נthe letter Nun50
הthe letter He5
Total139

Written לורה (as it sounds in English), Laura is worth 241.

The verse of the name

From the letter Dalet 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 Laura, from ד to ה:

דְּאָגָה בְלֶב־אִישׁ יַשְׁחֶנָּה וְדָבָר טוֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶנָּה׃

“Worry in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad.”

Proverbs 12:25

The book of your first name

Laura, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Laura in three answers

How do you write Laura in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Laura is written דפנה. As it sounds in English, it is written לורה.

What is the gematria value of Laura?
Written דפנה, Laura is worth 139: the letter Dalet (4) + the letter Pe (80) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter He (5). Written לורה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 241.

What does Laura mean?
The laurel (origin: Latin). Your name comes from the Latin laurus, the laurel. Laurel crowns were given to victors and poets, and the word "laureate" comes from it. The laurel never loses its leaves in winter: it is an evergreen. It is also the name of the woman the Italian poet Petrarch sang all his life in his sonnets.

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