First names in Hebrew

First name Lucy: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אורה

Gematria value: 212

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Lucy is written אורה

אורהThe Hebrew name with the same meaningOra, "light", is a Hebrew first name (Esther 8:16).Value: 212

לוסיAs 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: 106

Meaning and origin

What does Lucy mean?

Meaning: "light"
Origin: Latin

Your name is the English form of Lucia, from the Latin lux, "light". The Romans readily gave it to children born at daybreak. The same word gave "lucid" and "elucidate": to see clearly, and to help others see. Lucy is also the name given in 1974 to a fossil skeleton more than three million years old found in Ethiopia.

Gematria

Lucy = 212

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אורה has 4 letters:

אthe letter Aleph1
וthe letter Vav6
רthe letter Resh200
הthe letter He5
Total212

Written לוסי (as it sounds in English), Lucy is worth 106.

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 Lucy, 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

Lucy, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Lucy in three answers

How do you write Lucy in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Lucy is written אורה. As it sounds in English, it is written לוסי.

What is the gematria value of Lucy?
Written אורה, Lucy is worth 212: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter He (5). Written לוסי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 106.

What does Lucy mean?
Light (origin: Latin). Your name is the English form of Lucia, from the Latin lux, "light". The Romans readily gave it to children born at daybreak. The same word gave "lucid" and "elucidate": to see clearly, and to help others see. Lucy is also the name given in 1974 to a fossil skeleton more than three million years old found in Ethiopia.

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