First names in Hebrew

First name Stephen: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

סטיבן

Gematria value: 131

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Stephen is written סטיבן

Stephen is the older English spelling of Steven.

Meaning and origin

What does Stephen mean?

Meaning: "crown"
Origin: Greek

Steven comes from the Greek Stephanos, "crown, wreath". Stephen is the older English spelling, Steve the short form. It was one of the most given boys' names in America in the 1950s and 1960s.

Gematria

Stephen = 131

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. סטיבן has 5 letters:

• סthe letter Samekh60
• טthe letter Tet9
• יthe letter Yod10
• בthe letter Bet2
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total131

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 Stephen, 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

Stephen, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Stephen in three answers

How do you write Stephen in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Stephen is written סטיבן. Stephen is the older English spelling of Steven.

What is the gematria value of Stephen?
Written סטיבן, Stephen is worth 131: the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Tet (9) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Stephen mean?
Crown (origin: Greek). Steven comes from the Greek Stephanos, "crown, wreath". Stephen is the older English spelling, Steve the short form. It was one of the most given boys' names in America in the 1950s and 1960s.