First names in Hebrew

First name Theodore: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

נתנאל

Gematria value: 531

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Theodore is written נתנאל

נתנאלNetanel, the Hebrew twinNetanel, "God has given", has the same meaning as your name. It is the name of a prince of Israel in the desert (Numbers 1:8) and a common Hebrew name today.Value: 531

תיאודורAs it sounds in EnglishThe Hebrew letters that transcribe the sound of your name: for a book that reads this sound rather than the origin of the name.Value: 627

Meaning and origin

What does Theodore mean?

Meaning: "gift of God"
Origin: Greek

Theodore comes from the Greek Theodoros, made of theos, "God", and doron, "gift": "gift of God". It is exactly the meaning of the Hebrew names Netanel and Matanya: the same idea in another language. Theodore Roosevelt made it famous in America, and Theodor Herzl, the Viennese journalist who founded political Zionism at the end of the nineteenth century, bore it too. Theo and Teddy are its short forms.

Gematria

Theodore = 531

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

נthe letter Nun50
תthe letter Tav400
נthe letter Nun50
אthe letter Aleph1
לthe letter Lamed30
Total531

Written תיאודור (as it sounds in English), Theodore is worth 627.

The verse of the name

From the letter Nun to the letter Lamed

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 Theodore, from נ to ל:

נַפְשִׁי אִוִּיתִךָ בַּלַּיְלָה אַף־רוּחִי בְקִרְבִּי אֲשַׁחֲרֶךָּ כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ לָאָרֶץ צֶדֶק לָמְדוּ יֹשְׁבֵי תֵבֵל׃

“My soul has longed for You in the night, and my spirit within me seeks You at dawn; for when Your judgments are on the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn justice.”

Isaiah 26:9

The book of your first name

Theodore, in nine pages

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

Read the book of your first name — $14.90

Frequently asked

Theodore in three answers

How do you write Theodore in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Theodore is written נתנאל. As it sounds in English, it is written תיאודור.

What is the gematria value of Theodore?
Written נתנאל, Theodore is worth 531: the letter Nun (50) + the letter Tav (400) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30). Written תיאודור (as it sounds in English), it is worth 627.

What does Theodore mean?
Gift of God (origin: Greek). Theodore comes from the Greek Theodoros, made of theos, "God", and doron, "gift": "gift of God". It is exactly the meaning of the Hebrew names Netanel and Matanya: the same idea in another language. Theodore Roosevelt made it famous in America, and Theodor Herzl, the Viennese journalist who founded political Zionism at the end of the nineteenth century, bore it too. Theo and Teddy are its short forms.

A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).