First names in Hebrew

First name Melissa: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

דבורה

Gematria value: 217

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Melissa is written דבורה

דבורהThe Hebrew name with the same meaningDvora (Deborah), "bee", is a Hebrew first name (Judges 4:4).Value: 217

מליסהAs 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: 145

Meaning and origin

What does Melissa mean?

Meaning: "the bee"
Origin: Greek

Your name is a Greek word, melissa, "the bee". The same word gave lemon balm its name, melissa, a plant bees love. The name became very popular in America and Britain in the 1970s and 1980s.

Gematria

Melissa = 217

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. דבורה has 5 letters:

דthe letter Dalet4
בthe letter Bet2
וthe letter Vav6
רthe letter Resh200
הthe letter He5
Total217

Written מליסה (as it sounds in English), Melissa is worth 145.

The verse of the name

From the letter Dalet 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 Melissa, from ד to ה:

דְּאָגָה בְלֶב־אִישׁ יַשְׁחֶנָּה וְדָבָר טוֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶנָּה׃

“Worry in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad.”

Proverbs 12:25

The book of your first name

Melissa, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Melissa in three answers

How do you write Melissa in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Melissa is written דבורה. As it sounds in English, it is written מליסה.

What is the gematria value of Melissa?
Written דבורה, Melissa is worth 217: the letter Dalet (4) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter He (5). Written מליסה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 145.

What does Melissa mean?
The bee (origin: Greek). Your name is a Greek word, melissa, "the bee". The same word gave lemon balm its name, melissa, a plant bees love. The name became very popular in America and Britain in the 1970s and 1980s.

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