First names in Hebrew

First name Laurie: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

דפנה

Gematria value: 139

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Laurie is written דפנה

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

לוריAs 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: 246

Meaning and origin

What does Laurie 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

Laurie = 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 לורי (as it sounds in English), Laurie is worth 246.

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 Laurie, 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

Laurie, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Laurie in three answers

How do you write Laurie in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Laurie is written דפנה. Laurie is the English pet form of Laura or Laurence, "the laurel". As it sounds in English, it is written לורי.

What is the gematria value of Laurie?
Written דפנה, Laurie is worth 139: the letter Dalet (4) + the letter Pe (80) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter He (5). Written לורי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 246.

What does Laurie 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).