First names in Hebrew

First name May: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

מרים

Gematria value: 290

Its spelling

In Hebrew, May is written מרים

RecommendedמריםThe original spellingMay is an old pet form of Mary, from Miriam, מרים in Hebrew; it is also the name of the month.Value: 290

מייAs 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: 60

For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.

Meaning and origin

What does May mean?

Meaning: pet form of Mary or Margaret; also the month of May
Origin: disputed

May is an old English pet form of Mary, and sometimes of Margaret; it is also the name of the month of May, and of the hawthorn that blooms then. All three meanings have mixed, and each family hears its own. If your name is Mary's, it goes back to the Hebrew Miriam, the sister of Moses, whose meaning is debated.

Gematria

May = 290

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

מthe letter Mem40
רthe letter Resh200
יthe letter Yod10
םthe letter final Mem40
Total290

Written מיי (as it sounds in English), May is worth 60.

The verse of the name

From the letter Mem to the letter final Mem

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 May, from מ to ם:

מִכׇּל־מִשְׁמָר נְצֹר לִבֶּךָ כִּי־מִמֶּנּוּ תּוֹצְאוֹת חַיִּים׃

“Above all that you guard, guard your heart, for from it flow the springs of life.”

Proverbs 4:23

The book of your first name

May, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

May in three answers

How do you write May in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, May is written מרים. May is an old pet form of Mary, from Miriam, מרים in Hebrew; it is also the name of the month. As it sounds in English, it is written מיי.

What is the gematria value of May?
Written מרים, May is worth 290: the letter Mem (40) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter final Mem (40). Written מיי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 60.

What does May mean?
Pet form of Mary or Margaret; also the month of May (origin: disputed). May is an old English pet form of Mary, and sometimes of Margaret; it is also the name of the month of May, and of the hawthorn that blooms then. All three meanings have mixed, and each family hears its own. If your name is Mary's, it goes back to the Hebrew Miriam, the sister of Moses, whose meaning is debated.

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