First names in Hebrew

First name Zissy: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

זיסל

Gematria value: 107

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Zissy is written זיסל

RecommendedזיסלThe original spellingZissy is a pet form of Zissel, זיסל, "sweet".Value: 107

זיסיAs 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: 87

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 Zissy mean?

Meaning: pet form of Zissel, "sweet"
Origin: Yiddish

Zissy is the pet form of Zissel, a Yiddish name from zis, “sweet”, given in Orthodox families to girls (Zissel itself is given to boys and girls).

Gematria

Zissy = 107

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

זthe letter Zayin7
יthe letter Yod10
סthe letter Samekh60
לthe letter Lamed30
Total107

Written זיסי (as it sounds in English), Zissy is worth 87.

The verse of the name

From the letter Zayin 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 Zissy, from ז to ל:

זֹאת אָשִׁיב אֶל־לִבִּי עַל־כֵּן אוֹחִיל׃

“This I call back to my heart, and therefore I have hope.”

Lamentations 3:21

The book of your first name

Zissy, in nine pages

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

Read the book of your first name — $14.90

Frequently asked

Zissy in three answers

How do you write Zissy in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Zissy is written זיסל. Zissy is a pet form of Zissel, זיסל, "sweet". As it sounds in English, it is written זיסי.

What is the gematria value of Zissy?
Written זיסל, Zissy is worth 107: the letter Zayin (7) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Lamed (30). Written זיסי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 87.

What does Zissy mean?
Pet form of Zissel, "sweet (origin: Yiddish). Zissy is the pet form of Zissel, a Yiddish name from zis, “sweet”, given in Orthodox families to girls (Zissel itself is given to boys and girls).

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