First names in Hebrew

First name Vanessa: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אסתר

Gematria value: 661

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Vanessa is written אסתר

אסתרThe name hidden in yoursYour name was made from Esther, written אסתר in Hebrew (Esther 2:7).Value: 661

ונסהAs 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: 121

Meaning and origin

What does Vanessa mean?

Meaning: a name invented by Jonathan Swift, from Esther Vanhomrigh
Origin: English

Vanessa is an invented name. The Irish writer Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels, created it in 1713 for a poem, Cadenus and Vanessa, by joining the beginning of the surname of his friend Esther Vanhomrigh and a pet form of her first name. Naturalists later gave the name Vanessa to a genus of butterflies.

Gematria

Vanessa = 661

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

אthe letter Aleph1
סthe letter Samekh60
תthe letter Tav400
רthe letter Resh200
Total661

Written ונסה (as it sounds in English), Vanessa is worth 121.

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter Resh

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 Vanessa, from א to ר:

אָחִישָׁה מִפְלָט לִי מֵרוּחַ סֹעָה מִסָּעַר׃

“I would hurry to find myself a shelter from the raging wind and the storm.”

Psalms 55:9

The book of your first name

Vanessa, in nine pages

Vanessa, in Hebrew
Letter by letter
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The verse of your name
The portrait of Vanessa
Vanessa, day to day
What tradition says about names
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Frequently asked

Vanessa in three answers

How do you write Vanessa in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Vanessa is written אסתר. As it sounds in English, it is written ונסה.

What is the gematria value of Vanessa?
Written אסתר, Vanessa is worth 661: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Tav (400) + the letter Resh (200). Written ונסה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 121.

What does Vanessa mean?
A name invented by Jonathan Swift, from Esther Vanhomrigh (origin: English). Vanessa is an invented name. The Irish writer Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels, created it in 1713 for a poem, Cadenus and Vanessa, by joining the beginning of the surname of his friend Esther Vanhomrigh and a pet form of her first name. Naturalists later gave the name Vanessa to a genus of butterflies.

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