First names in Hebrew

First name Yanky: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יעקב

Gematria value: 182

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Yanky is written יעקב

RecommendedיעקבThe original spellingYanky is a pet form of Yaakov, Jacob, יעקב in Hebrew.Value: 182

יענקיAs 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: 240

For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.

Meaning and origin

What does Yanky mean?

Meaning: pet form of Yaakov, "he holds the heel"
Origin: Hebrew

Yanky is the pet form of Yaakov used every day in Orthodox families, from the Yiddish Yankel. Yaakov, Jacob in English, comes from akev, “heel”: at his birth he holds his twin brother's heel (Genesis 25:26).

Gematria

Yanky = 182

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

יthe letter Yod10
עthe letter Ayin70
קthe letter Kuf100
בthe letter Bet2
Total182

Written יענקי (as it sounds in English), Yanky is worth 240.

The verse of the name

From the letter Yod to the letter Bet

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 Yanky, from י to ב:

יַעֲרֹף כַּמָּטָר לִקְחִי תִּזַּל כַּטַּל אִמְרָתִי כִּשְׂעִירִם עֲלֵי־דֶשֶׁא וְכִרְבִיבִים עֲלֵי־עֵשֶׂב׃

“May my teaching fall like rain, may my word come down like dew, like showers on young grass, like droplets on green plants.”

Deuteronomy 32:2

The book of your first name

Yanky, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Yanky in three answers

How do you write Yanky in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Yanky is written יעקב. Yanky is a pet form of Yaakov, Jacob, יעקב in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written יענקי.

What is the gematria value of Yanky?
Written יעקב, Yanky is worth 182: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Bet (2). Written יענקי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 240.

What does Yanky mean?
Pet form of Yaakov, "he holds the heel (origin: Hebrew). Yanky is the pet form of Yaakov used every day in Orthodox families, from the Yiddish Yankel. Yaakov, Jacob in English, comes from akev, “heel”: at his birth he holds his twin brother's heel (Genesis 25:26).

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