First names in Hebrew

First name Lionel: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אריה

Gematria value: 216

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Lionel 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

ליונלAs 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: 126

Meaning and origin

What does Lionel 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

Lionel = 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 ליונל (as it sounds in English), Lionel is worth 126.

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 Lionel, 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

Lionel, in nine pages

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

Read the book of your first name — $14.90

Frequently asked

Lionel in three answers

How do you write Lionel in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Lionel is written אריה. Lionel is a French diminutive of Leon, "little lion". As it sounds in English, it is written ליונל.

What is the gematria value of Lionel?
Written אריה, Lionel is worth 216: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5). Written ליונל (as it sounds in English), it is worth 126.

What does Lionel 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).