First names in Hebrew

First name Pearl: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

פרל

Gematria value: 310

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Pearl is written פרל

Pearl is the English name that often translates the Yiddish Perel, פערל, in Jewish families.

Meaning and origin

What does Pearl mean?

Meaning: "pearl"
Origin: English

Pearl is the English word for the gem, used as a name since the nineteenth century, and very common in America around 1900. In Jewish families, it was often the English form of the Yiddish Perel, which means the same thing. Pearl Buck, the novelist, and Pearl Bailey, the singer, made it famous.

Gematria

Pearl = 310

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

• פthe letter Pe80
• רthe letter Resh200
• לthe letter Lamed30
• Total310

The verse of the name

From the letter Pe 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 Pearl, from פ to ל:

פֶּן־יִטְרֹף כְּאַרְיֵה נַפְשִׁי פֹּרֵק וְאֵין מַצִּיל׃

“Lest he tear me apart like a lion, dragging me off with no one to rescue me.”

Psalms 7:3

The book of your first name

Pearl, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Pearl in three answers

How do you write Pearl in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Pearl is written פרל. Pearl is the English name that often translates the Yiddish Perel, פערל, in Jewish families.

What is the gematria value of Pearl?
Written פרל, Pearl is worth 310: the letter Pe (80) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Lamed (30).

What does Pearl mean?
Pearl (origin: English). Pearl is the English word for the gem, used as a name since the nineteenth century, and very common in America around 1900. In Jewish families, it was often the English form of the Yiddish Perel, which means the same thing. Pearl Buck, the novelist, and Pearl Bailey, the singer, made it famous.