First names in Hebrew

First name Mendy: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

מענדל

Gematria value: 194

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Mendy is written מענדל

Mendy is a pet form of Mendel, itself from Menachem, מנחם in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Mendy mean?

Meaning: "the one who comforts" (a pet form of Menachem)
Origin: Yiddish

Mendel is the Yiddish pet form of Menachem, a Hebrew name meaning “the one who comforts”; Mendy is its even more familiar short form. Among Ashkenazi Jews, it was often carried together with the original: Menachem Mendel. It has also become a family name.

Gematria

Mendy = 194

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

• מthe letter Mem40
• עthe letter Ayin70
• נthe letter Nun50
• דthe letter Dalet4
• לthe letter Lamed30
• Total194

The verse of the name

From the letter Mem to the letter Lamed

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 Mendy, from מ to ל:

מַה־טֹּבוּ אֹהָלֶיךָ יַעֲקֹב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

“How good are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel!”

Numbers 24:5

The book of your first name

Mendy, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Mendy in three answers

How do you write Mendy in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Mendy is written מענדל. Mendy is a pet form of Mendel, itself from Menachem, מנחם in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Mendy?
Written מענדל, Mendy is worth 194: the letter Mem (40) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Dalet (4) + the letter Lamed (30).

What does Mendy mean?
The one who comforts" (a pet form of Menachem) (origin: Yiddish). Mendel is the Yiddish pet form of Menachem, a Hebrew name meaning “the one who comforts”; Mendy is its even more familiar short form. Among Ashkenazi Jews, it was often carried together with the original: Menachem Mendel. It has also become a family name.