First names in Hebrew

First name Nicholas: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ניקולס

Gematria value: 256

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Nicholas is written ניקולס

Meaning and origin

What does Nicholas mean?

Meaning: "victory of the people"
Origin: Greek

Nicholas comes from the Greek Nikolaos, made of nike, "victory", and laos, "people": "victory of the people". It has been worn in every European language for centuries, and it was among the most given boys' names in America in the 1990s. Nick and Nico are its short forms.

Gematria

Nicholas = 256

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. ניקולס has 6 letters:

• נthe letter Nun50
• יthe letter Yod10
• קthe letter Kuf100
• וthe letter Vav6
• לthe letter Lamed30
• סthe letter Samekh60
• Total256

The verse of the name

From the letter Nun to the letter Samekh

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 Nicholas, from נ to ס:

נַפְתָּלִי לֹא־הוֹרִישׁ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵי בֵית־שֶׁמֶשׁ וְאֶת־יֹשְׁבֵי בֵית־עֲנָת וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּקֶרֶב הַכְּנַעֲנִי יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ וְיֹשְׁבֵי בֵית־שֶׁמֶשׁ וּבֵית עֲנָת הָיוּ לָהֶם לָמַס׃

“Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth Anat; he settled among the Canaanites who lived in the land, and the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anat became forced laborers for them.”

Judges 1:33

The book of your first name

Nicholas, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Nicholas in three answers

How do you write Nicholas in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Nicholas is written ניקולס.

What is the gematria value of Nicholas?
Written ניקולס, Nicholas is worth 256: the letter Nun (50) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Samekh (60).

What does Nicholas mean?
Victory of the people (origin: Greek). Nicholas comes from the Greek Nikolaos, made of nike, "victory", and laos, "people": "victory of the people". It has been worn in every European language for centuries, and it was among the most given boys' names in America in the 1990s. Nick and Nico are its short forms.