How to transliterate your name into Greek

This process is only good for personal names, if you are looking for a specific word and its value then you need to use the Bible Concordance. You can't transliterate words such as "lightning" and "thunder" because the Greeks already have specific spelling translations for words of that nature. This process below only works for your personal names as it most likely didn't originate from Greek.

If your name for example happens to be Peter, Paul, or Matthew, then you're in luck. Use the link above to search the Bible Concordance. It should link you to the correct Greek spelling of those names as they are found in scripture.

If your name is Ken, Greg, etc.. then you would transliterate those names as they are not Greek in origin.

Transliteration is all about duplicating the sound of a name and not the spelling.

If your name contains double letters such as "Lorraine" or "Terra" you would only want to use one "r" to transliterate the sound, as the double "rr" isn't necessary. When you are using the calculator you will notice the Help Screen gives you the correct sound each letter makes as you hold your mouse cursor over it. Use that feature to help spell out your name.

Here are some samples of English names that are transliterated into Greek. If your name can be found in the scriptures then it would be ideal to use that spelling rather then transliterating it as that would give the most accurate result. Transliteration isn't an exact science and you can sometimes spell names more then one way depending how long your names are.

Ken = Κεν

Ken = Kappa/Epsilon/Nu

Greg = Γρεγ

Greg = Gamma/Rho/Epsilon/Gamma

Ryan = Ριαν

Ryan = Rho/Iota/Alpha/Nu

Jack = Ιακ

Jack = Iota/Alpha/Kappa

This one is pretty tough as there is no "J" sound in Greek. Translators swapped the Iota names with the letter and sound of "J". Names such as Jeruslaem, Judea, John etc.. use the Iota as that was the way it was originally.

Here are the above samples as they appear in the Greek scriptures:

Jerusalem = Ιεροσολυμα

Jeruslalem = Iota/Epsilon/Rho/Omicron/Sigma/Omicron/Lambda/Upsilon/Mu/Alpha

This would be like Ierousalem {ee-er-oo-sal-ame'}

Judea = Ιουδαια

Judea = Iota/Omicron/Upsilon/Delta/Alpha/Iota/Alpha

It would probably sound more like Iouda {ee-oo-dah'}

John = Ιωαννης

John = Iota/Omega/Alpha/Nu/Nu/Sigma

It would sound out like Ioannes {ee-o-an'-nace}

This is of course not the way I would transliterate the name John, but this is the correct spelling as found in the Greek Scriptures. None of which use "J" in the names but rather Iota.

I hope this helps you along is finding the correct spelling for your name. You shouldn't get too worried with Gematria if you name happens to add up to 666 or 616, it's only a tool and prone to human transliteration error.

Have fun