First names in Hebrew

First name Neriah: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

נריה

Gematria value: 265

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Neriah is written נריה

Neriah is the English spelling of this Hebrew name, נריה.

Meaning and origin

What does Neriah mean?

Meaning: "God is my lamp"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name is Hebrew: ner, “lamp”, joined to a short form of the divine Name: “God is my lamp”. It is a name much given today in Jewish families, mostly to boys, and to girls as well.

Gematria

Neriah = 265

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

• נthe letter Nun50
• רthe letter Resh200
• יthe letter Yod10
• הthe letter He5
• Total265

The verse of the name

From the letter Nun 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 Neriah, from נ to ה:

נְקִי כַפַּיִם וּבַר־לֵבָב אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נָשָׂא לַשָּׁוְא נַפְשִׁי וְלֹא נִשְׁבַּע לְמִרְמָה׃

“One who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.”

Psalms 24:4

The book of your first name

Neriah, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Neriah in three answers

How do you write Neriah in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Neriah is written נריה. Neriah is the English spelling of this Hebrew name, נריה.

What is the gematria value of Neriah?
Written נריה, Neriah is worth 265: the letter Nun (50) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5).

What does Neriah mean?
God is my lamp (origin: Hebrew). Your name is Hebrew: ner, “lamp”, joined to a short form of the divine Name: “God is my lamp”. It is a name much given today in Jewish families, mostly to boys, and to girls as well.