First names in Hebrew

First name Riva: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

רבקה

Gematria value: 307

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Riva is written רבקה

For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.

Meaning and origin

What does Riva mean?

Meaning: pet form of Rebecca, Rivka (meaning debated)
Origin: Hebrew

Riva is a short form of Rivka, heard in Yiddish-speaking families (in Italian, the same word means “shore”). Rivka, Rebecca in English, is the second of the mothers of the Jewish people, the wife of Isaac; the meaning of her name is debated, and it is most often linked to a root meaning “to bind, to tie”.

Gematria

Riva = 307

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. רבקה has 4 letters:

• רthe letter Resh200
• בthe letter Bet2
• קthe letter Kuf100
• הthe letter He5
• Total307

Written ריבה (as it sounds in English), Riva is worth 217.

The verse of the name

From the letter Resh to the letter He

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 Riva, from ר to ה:

רוּחַ־אִישׁ יְכַלְכֵּל מַחֲלֵהוּ וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה מִי יִשָּׂאֶנָּה׃

“A man's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear it?”

Proverbs 18:14

The book of your first name

Riva, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Riva in three answers

How do you write Riva in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Riva is written רבקה. Riva is a pet form of Rebecca, Rivka, רבקה in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written ריבה.

What is the gematria value of Riva?
Written רבקה, Riva is worth 307: the letter Resh (200) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter He (5). Written ריבה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 217.

What does Riva mean?
Pet form of Rebecca, Rivka (meaning debated) (origin: Hebrew). Riva is a short form of Rivka, heard in Yiddish-speaking families (in Italian, the same word means “shore”). Rivka, Rebecca in English, is the second of the mothers of the Jewish people, the wife of Isaac; the meaning of her name is debated, and it is most often linked to a root meaning “to bind, to tie”.