First names in Hebrew

First name Lenny: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אריה

Gematria value: 216

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Lenny is written אריה

אריהAryeh, the Hebrew lionAryeh, "lion", is a common Hebrew and Jewish name: it says in Hebrew exactly what your name says in another language.Value: 216

לניAs 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: 90

Meaning and origin

What does Lenny mean?

Meaning: "brave as a lion"
Origin: Germanic

Leonard comes from the Germanic Leonhard, made of leo, "lion", and hard, "hard, brave": "brave as a lion". Leonardo is its Italian form, made famous by Leonardo da Vinci, and Lenny its pet form. The composer Leonard Bernstein and the singer Leonard Cohen, both born into Jewish families, bore it.

Gematria

Lenny = 216

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

אthe letter Aleph1
רthe letter Resh200
יthe letter Yod10
הthe letter He5
Total216

Written לני (as it sounds in English), Lenny is worth 90.

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph 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 Lenny, from א to ה:

אַתָּה סֵתֶר לִי מִצַּר תִּצְּרֵנִי רׇנֵּי פַלֵּט תְּסוֹבְבֵנִי סֶלָה׃

“You are my hiding place; You guard me from distress, You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.”

Psalms 32:7

The book of your first name

Lenny, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Lenny in three answers

How do you write Lenny in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Lenny is written אריה. Lenny is a pet form of Leonard. As it sounds in English, it is written לני.

What is the gematria value of Lenny?
Written אריה, Lenny is worth 216: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5). Written לני (as it sounds in English), it is worth 90.

What does Lenny mean?
Brave as a lion (origin: Germanic). Leonard comes from the Germanic Leonhard, made of leo, "lion", and hard, "hard, brave": "brave as a lion". Leonardo is its Italian form, made famous by Leonardo da Vinci, and Lenny its pet form. The composer Leonard Bernstein and the singer Leonard Cohen, both born into Jewish families, bore it.

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