First names in Hebrew

First name Leonardo: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אריה

Gematria value: 216

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Leonardo 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

לאונרדוAs 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: 297

Meaning and origin

What does Leonardo 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

Leonardo = 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 לאונרדו (as it sounds in English), Leonardo is worth 297.

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 Leonardo, 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

Leonardo, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Leonardo in three answers

How do you write Leonardo in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Leonardo is written אריה. Leonardo is the Italian and Spanish form of Leonard. As it sounds in English, it is written לאונרדו.

What is the gematria value of Leonardo?
Written אריה, Leonardo is worth 216: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5). Written לאונרדו (as it sounds in English), it is worth 297.

What does Leonardo 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).