First names in Hebrew

First name Sivan: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

סיון

Gematria value: 126

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Sivan is written סיון

Meaning and origin

What does Sivan mean?

Meaning: "the month of Sivan"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name is the name of a month of the Hebrew calendar: Sivan, the third month counting from Nissan, at the end of spring. It is a name given mostly to girls, and sometimes to boys. The names of the months come from the language of Babylon: according to the Jerusalem Talmud, the Jews brought them back from exile (Rosh Hashanah 1:2).

Gematria

Sivan = 126

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

• סthe letter Samekh60
• יthe letter Yod10
• וthe letter Vav6
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total126

The verse of the name

From the letter Samekh 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 Sivan, from ס to ן:

סִיחוֹן מֶלֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִי הַיּוֹשֵׁב בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן מֹשֵׁל מֵעֲרוֹעֵר אֲשֶׁר עַל־שְׂפַת־נַחַל אַרְנוֹן וְתוֹךְ הַנַּחַל וַחֲצִי הַגִּלְעָד וְעַד יַבֹּק הַנַּחַל גְּבוּל בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן׃

“Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer, on the bank of the Arnon valley, and from the middle of the valley, over half of Gilead, as far as the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.”

Joshua 12:2

The book of your first name

Sivan, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Sivan in three answers

How do you write Sivan in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Sivan is written סיון.

What is the gematria value of Sivan?
Written סיון, Sivan is worth 126: the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Sivan mean?
The month of Sivan (origin: Hebrew). Your name is the name of a month of the Hebrew calendar: Sivan, the third month counting from Nissan, at the end of spring. It is a name given mostly to girls, and sometimes to boys. The names of the months come from the language of Babylon: according to the Jerusalem Talmud, the Jews brought them back from exile (Rosh Hashanah 1:2).