First names in Hebrew

First name Shaun: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יוחנן

Gematria value: 124

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Shaun is written יוחנן

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 Shaun mean?

Meaning: "God has been gracious"
Origin: Hebrew

Sean is the Irish form of John. The name reached Ireland with the Normans, as Jehan, and the Gaelic language made it Seán; Shawn is its English spelling. Through John, it goes back to the Hebrew Yochanan, "God has been gracious". A Celtic sound, with a Hebrew root.

Gematria

Shaun = 124

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

• יthe letter Yod10
• וthe letter Vav6
• חthe letter Chet8
• נthe letter Nun50
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total124

Written שון (as it sounds in English), Shaun is worth 356.

The verse of the name

From the letter Yod to the letter final Nun

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 Shaun, from י to ן:

יֵלְכוּ יֹנְקוֹתָיו וִיהִי כַזַּיִת הוֹדוֹ וְרֵיחַ לוֹ כַּלְּבָנוֹן׃

“His young shoots will spread out; his splendor will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.”

Hosea 14:7

The book of your first name

Shaun, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Shaun in three answers

How do you write Shaun in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Shaun is written יוחנן. Shaun is an English spelling of Sean, the Irish form of John, from Yochanan, יוחנן in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written שון.

What is the gematria value of Shaun?
Written יוחנן, Shaun is worth 124: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Chet (8) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter final Nun (50). Written שון (as it sounds in English), it is worth 356.

What does Shaun mean?
God has been gracious (origin: Hebrew). Sean is the Irish form of John. The name reached Ireland with the Normans, as Jehan, and the Gaelic language made it Seán; Shawn is its English spelling. Through John, it goes back to the Hebrew Yochanan, "God has been gracious". A Celtic sound, with a Hebrew root.