First names in Hebrew

First name Leon: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אריה

Gematria value: 216

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Leon 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

ליאוןAs 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: 97

Meaning and origin

What does Leon 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

Leon = 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 ליאון (as it sounds in English), Leon is worth 97.

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 Leon, 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

Leon, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Leon in three answers

How do you write Leon in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Leon is written אריה. Leon is the Greek form of the same word, "lion". As it sounds in English, it is written ליאון.

What is the gematria value of Leon?
Written אריה, Leon is worth 216: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5). Written ליאון (as it sounds in English), it is worth 97.

What does Leon 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).