First names in Hebrew

First name Nick: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ניק

Gematria value: 160

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Nick is written ניק

Nick is short for Nicholas.

Meaning and origin

What does Nick 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

Nick = 160

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. ניק has 3 letters:

• נthe letter Nun50
• יthe letter Yod10
• קthe letter Kuf100
• Total160

The verse of the name

From the letter Nun to the letter Kuf

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 Nick, from נ to ק:

נֶפֶשׁ שְׂבֵעָה תָּבוּס נֹפֶת וְנֶפֶשׁ רְעֵבָה כׇּל־מַר מָתוֹק׃

“A full soul tramples on honeycomb, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.”

Proverbs 27:7

The book of your first name

Nick, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Nick in three answers

How do you write Nick in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Nick is written ניק. Nick is short for Nicholas.

What is the gematria value of Nick?
Written ניק, Nick is worth 160: the letter Nun (50) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Kuf (100).

What does Nick 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.