First names in Hebrew

First name Shelby: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

שלבי

Gematria value: 342

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Shelby is written שלבי

Meaning and origin

What does Shelby mean?

Meaning: English place name, often read as "the willow farm"
Origin: English

Shelby comes from a place name in northern England, which became a family name, then a first name in America. It is often understood as “the willow farm”, from Old English and Old Norse, but the exact meaning is disputed. It was popular in the 1990s.

Gematria

Shelby = 342

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

• שthe letter Shin300
• לthe letter Lamed30
• בthe letter Bet2
• יthe letter Yod10
• Total342

The verse of the name

From the letter Shin 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 Shelby, from ש to י:

שִׁיר לַמַּעֲלוֹת אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִי׃

“A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the mountains: from where will my help come?”

Psalms 121:1

The book of your first name

Shelby, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Shelby in three answers

How do you write Shelby in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Shelby is written שלבי.

What is the gematria value of Shelby?
Written שלבי, Shelby is worth 342: the letter Shin (300) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Yod (10).

What does Shelby mean?
English place name, often read as "the willow farm (origin: English). Shelby comes from a place name in northern England, which became a family name, then a first name in America. It is often understood as “the willow farm”, from Old English and Old Norse, but the exact meaning is disputed. It was popular in the 1990s.