First names in Hebrew

First name Valerie: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ולרי

Gematria value: 246

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Valerie is written ולרי

Meaning and origin

What does Valerie mean?

Meaning: "to be strong" (Latin valere)
Origin: Latin

Valerie comes from the Latin Valeria, an old Roman family name, from the verb valere, "to be strong, to be well". It is the same root as Valentina. It was popular in America and Britain in the 1950s and 1960s.

Gematria

Valerie = 246

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

• וthe letter Vav6
• לthe letter Lamed30
• רthe letter Resh200
• יthe letter Yod10
• Total246

The verse of the name

From the letter Vav to the letter Yod

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 Valerie, from ו to י:

וַיִּקְרָא הָאָדָם שֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ חַוָּה כִּי הִוא הָיְתָה אֵם כׇּל־חָי׃

“The man named his wife Chavah, for she was the mother of all the living.”

Genesis 3:20

The book of your first name

Valerie, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Valerie in three answers

How do you write Valerie in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Valerie is written ולרי.

What is the gematria value of Valerie?
Written ולרי, Valerie is worth 246: the letter Vav (6) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10).

What does Valerie mean?
To be strong" (Latin valere) (origin: Latin). Valerie comes from the Latin Valeria, an old Roman family name, from the verb valere, "to be strong, to be well". It is the same root as Valentina. It was popular in America and Britain in the 1950s and 1960s.