First names in Hebrew

First name Leonard: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אריה

Gematria value: 216

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Leonard 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

לאונרדAs 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: 291

Meaning and origin

What does Leonard 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

Leonard = 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 לאונרד (as it sounds in English), Leonard is worth 291.

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 Leonard, 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

Leonard, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Leonard in three answers

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

What is the gematria value of Leonard?
Written אריה, Leonard is worth 216: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5). Written לאונרד (as it sounds in English), it is worth 291.

What does Leonard 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).