First names in Hebrew

First name Shawn: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יוחנן

Gematria value: 124

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Shawn is written יוחנן

Shawn is an English spelling of the Irish Seán, a form of John, from Yochanan, יוחנן in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Shawn 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

Shawn = 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

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 Shawn, 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

Shawn, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Shawn in three answers

How do you write Shawn in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Shawn is written יוחנן. Shawn is an English spelling of the Irish Seán, a form of John, from Yochanan, יוחנן in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Shawn?
Written יוחנן, Shawn is worth 124: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Chet (8) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Shawn 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.