First names in Hebrew
First name Stella: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling
כוכבה
Gematria value: 53
Its spelling
In Hebrew, Stella is written כוכבה
Meaning and origin
What does Stella mean?
Meaning: "star"
Origin: Latin
Your name is Latin: stella, "star". It was first a poetic name before becoming a first name, carried in Italy, England and America, where it has come back strongly since the 2010s.
Gematria
Stella = 53
In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. כוכבה has 5 letters:
- כthe letter Kaf20
- וthe letter Vav6
- כthe letter Kaf20
- בthe letter Bet2
- הthe letter He5
- Total53
Written סטלה (as it sounds in English), Stella is worth 104.
The verse of the name
From the letter Kaf to the letter He
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 Stella, from כ to ה:
כִּי תַחְבֹּט זֵיתְךָ לֹא תְפַאֵר אַחֲרֶיךָ לַגֵּר לַיָּתוֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָה יִהְיֶה׃
“When you beat your olive tree, do not go over the boughs again behind you; what remains shall be for the stranger, the orphan and the widow.”
Deuteronomy 24:20
The book of your first name
Stella, in nine pages
- Stella, in Hebrew
- Letter by letter
- The number of your name
- The verse of your name
- The portrait of Stella
- Stella, day to day
- What tradition says about names
- The sources
Frequently asked
Stella in three answers
How do you write Stella in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Stella is written כוכבה. As it sounds in English, it is written סטלה.
What is the gematria value of Stella?
Written כוכבה, Stella is worth 53: the letter Kaf (20) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Kaf (20) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter He (5). Written סטלה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 104.
What does Stella mean?
Star (origin: Latin). Your name is Latin: stella, "star". It was first a poetic name before becoming a first name, carried in Italy, England and America, where it has come back strongly since the 2010s.
A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).