First names in Hebrew

First name Ray: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ריי

Gematria value: 220

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Ray is written ריי

Ray is short for Raymond.

Meaning and origin

What does Ray mean?

Meaning: "protection through counsel"
Origin: Germanic

Raymond comes from the Germanic Raginmund, made of ragin, "counsel, advice", and mund, "protection": "the one who protects through counsel". It came to England with the Normans and was widely given in America in the early twentieth century. Ray is its short form, Ramon its Spanish form.

Gematria

Ray = 220

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

• רthe letter Resh200
• יthe letter Yod10
• יthe letter Yod10
• Total220

The verse of the name

From the letter Resh to the letter Yod

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 Ray, from ר to י:

רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִי׃

“Greatly have they afflicted me since my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.”

Psalms 129:2

The book of your first name

Ray, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Ray in three answers

How do you write Ray in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Ray is written ריי. Ray is short for Raymond.

What is the gematria value of Ray?
Written ריי, Ray is worth 220: the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Yod (10).

What does Ray mean?
Protection through counsel (origin: Germanic). Raymond comes from the Germanic Raginmund, made of ragin, "counsel, advice", and mund, "protection": "the one who protects through counsel". It came to England with the Normans and was widely given in America in the early twentieth century. Ray is its short form, Ramon its Spanish form.