First names in Hebrew

First name Leo: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אריה

Gematria value: 216

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Leo 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

ליאוAs 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: 47

Meaning and origin

What does Leo mean?

Meaning: "the lion"
Origin: Latin

Leo comes from the Latin leo, "the lion". Short and bright, easy to say in every language, it has climbed to the top of the American and British lists in the twenty-first century. Leon, from the Greek leon, is the same word, and Lionel its French diminutive, "little lion".

Gematria

Leo = 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 ליאו (as it sounds in English), Leo is worth 47.

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 Leo, 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

Leo, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Leo in three answers

How do you write Leo in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Leo is written אריה. As it sounds in English, it is written ליאו.

What is the gematria value of Leo?
Written אריה, Leo is worth 216: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5). Written ליאו (as it sounds in English), it is worth 47.

What does Leo mean?
The lion (origin: Latin). Leo comes from the Latin leo, "the lion". Short and bright, easy to say in every language, it has climbed to the top of the American and British lists in the twenty-first century. Leon, from the Greek leon, is the same word, and Lionel its French diminutive, "little lion".

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