First names in Hebrew

First name Zoe: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

חוה

Gematria value: 19

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Zoe is written חוה

חוהThe Hebrew name with the same meaningChavah (Eve), "the living one", is the Hebrew name your Greek name translates (Genesis 3:20).Value: 19

זואיAs 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: 24

Meaning and origin

What does Zoe mean?

Meaning: "life"
Origin: Greek

Your name comes from the Greek zôê, "life". It is a very old name of the Greek world, and the English spellings Zoey and Zoe have both become favorites of American and British parents since the 1990s.

Gematria

Zoe = 19

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. חוה has 3 letters:

חthe letter Chet8
וthe letter Vav6
הthe letter He5
Total19

Written זואי (as it sounds in English), Zoe is worth 24.

The verse of the name

From the letter Chet 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 Zoe, from ח to ה:

חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר עַל־פִּי דַרְכּוֹ גַּם כִּי־יַזְקִין לֹא־יָסוּר מִמֶּנָּה׃

“Train a child according to his own way; even when he grows old, he will not turn from it.”

Proverbs 22:6

The book of your first name

Zoe, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Zoe in three answers

How do you write Zoe in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Zoe is written חוה. Zoe is another spelling of Zoey. As it sounds in English, it is written זואי.

What is the gematria value of Zoe?
Written חוה, Zoe is worth 19: the letter Chet (8) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter He (5). Written זואי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 24.

What does Zoe mean?
Life (origin: Greek). Your name comes from the Greek zôê, "life". It is a very old name of the Greek world, and the English spellings Zoey and Zoe have both become favorites of American and British parents since the 1990s.

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