First names in Hebrew

First name Stan: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

סטן

Gematria value: 119

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Stan is written סטן

Stan is short for Stanley.

Meaning and origin

What does Stan mean?

Meaning: "the stony clearing"
Origin: English

Stanley is an English place name, from the Old English stan, "stone", and leah, "clearing, meadow": "the stony clearing". It became a surname and then a first name, popular in America and Britain in the early twentieth century, and it is coming back in Britain. Stan is its short form.

Gematria

Stan = 119

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. סטן has 3 letters:

• סthe letter Samekh60
• טthe letter Tet9
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total119

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 Stan, 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

Stan, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Stan in three answers

How do you write Stan in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Stan is written סטן. Stan is short for Stanley.

What is the gematria value of Stan?
Written סטן, Stan is worth 119: the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Tet (9) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Stan mean?
The stony clearing (origin: English). Stanley is an English place name, from the Old English stan, "stone", and leah, "clearing, meadow": "the stony clearing". It became a surname and then a first name, popular in America and Britain in the early twentieth century, and it is coming back in Britain. Stan is its short form.