First names in Hebrew

First name Virginia: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

וירג׳יניה

Gematria value: 294

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Virginia is written וירג׳יניה

Meaning and origin

What does Virginia mean?

Meaning: from Verginius, an old Roman family name (meaning disputed)
Origin: Latin

Virginia comes from the Latin Verginia, the name of an old Roman family. It was linked very early to virgo, "young girl", and that meaning has stayed with it, though the connection is uncertain. The novelist Virginia Woolf made it famous, and it is also the name of an American state.

Gematria

Virginia = 294

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. וירג׳יניה has 8 letters:

• וthe letter Vav6
• יthe letter Yod10
• רthe letter Resh200
• גthe letter Gimel3
• יthe letter Yod10
• נthe letter Nun50
• יthe letter Yod10
• הthe letter He5
• Total294

The verse of the name

From the letter Vav 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 Virginia, from ו to ה:

וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הַיּוֹנָה מֵאִתּוֹ לִרְאוֹת הֲקַלּוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה׃

“Then he sent out the dove from him, to see whether the waters had abated from the face of the ground.”

Genesis 8:8

The book of your first name

Virginia, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Virginia in three answers

How do you write Virginia in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Virginia is written וירג׳יניה.

What is the gematria value of Virginia?
Written וירג׳יניה, Virginia is worth 294: the letter Vav (6) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Gimel (3) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5).

What does Virginia mean?
From Verginius, an old Roman family name (meaning disputed) (origin: Latin). Virginia comes from the Latin Verginia, the name of an old Roman family. It was linked very early to virgo, "young girl", and that meaning has stayed with it, though the connection is uncertain. The novelist Virginia Woolf made it famous, and it is also the name of an American state.