First names in Hebrew

First name Nissim: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ניסים

Gematria value: 170

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Nissim is written ניסים

Meaning and origin

What does Nissim mean?

Meaning: "miracles"
Origin: Hebrew

Nissim is a Hebrew name meaning “miracles”, the plural of nes, “a miracle”, but also “a banner”, the signal raised high to be seen from afar. It is much carried by the Jews of North Africa, the Middle East and Turkey, often also in the form Nessim.

Gematria

Nissim = 170

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

• נthe letter Nun50
• יthe letter Yod10
• סthe letter Samekh60
• יthe letter Yod10
• םthe letter final Mem40
• Total170

The verse of the name

From the letter Nun to the letter final Mem

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 Nissim, from נ to ם:

נַעַר הָיִיתִי גַּם־זָקַנְתִּי וְלֹא־רָאִיתִי צַדִּיק נֶעֱזָב וְזַרְעוֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ־לָחֶם׃

“I was young, and now I have grown old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.”

Psalms 37:25

The book of your first name

Nissim, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Nissim in three answers

How do you write Nissim in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Nissim is written ניסים.

What is the gematria value of Nissim?
Written ניסים, Nissim is worth 170: the letter Nun (50) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter final Mem (40).

What does Nissim mean?
Miracles (origin: Hebrew). Nissim is a Hebrew name meaning “miracles”, the plural of nes, “a miracle”, but also “a banner”, the signal raised high to be seen from afar. It is much carried by the Jews of North Africa, the Middle East and Turkey, often also in the form Nessim.