How to transliterate your name into Hebrew

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 Hebrews 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 Hebrew.

If your name for example happens to be Moses, Sarah, or Abraham, then you're in luck. Use the link above to search the Bible Concordance. It should link you to the correct Hebrew 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 Hebrew 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.

Hebrew reads right to left unlike our English which is left to right. If you plan to do lots of words in Hebrew such as in a data base you will need to install the Language Pack that comes with your Windows operating software. This will allow you to work in Excel, Outlook, and Word without having problems inputting right to left formats.

Here are some samples of English names that are transliterated into Hebrew. 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.

Aaron = ארון

Aaron = Aleph/Reish/Vav/Nun

There are 5 letters that have final characters, in this case it's using the Final Nun for the "N" in Aaron's name. Just remember to use the final version of the letter if it falls at the end of the name. You'll also see there despite having two "a's" we only use one for the Hebrew name. This is how Aaron is spelled correctly in Hebrew and as it appears in the Hebrew scriptures.

Bob = בוב

Bob = Beth/Vav/Beth

This one is pretty easy as you can see. The Vav has several sounds it creates so be aware of that when sounding out your names which contain the sound of O, U, V, and W. The help screen once again helps you with the correct sounds.

Ryan = ריאן

Ryan = Reish/Yud/Aleph/Nun

This one is more tricky as the "y" in this case creates the "I" sound, so we use "Yud" which is best used for the "I" sound. Again I'm using the Final Nun as the N is the last letter in this name.

Duane = דואן

Duane = Daleth/Vav/Aleph/Nun

In this case it's hard to achieve the exact "e" sound at the end of Duane, but this is pretty close to the correct sound and probably as good as you can get it.

Jared = ירד

Jared = Yud/Reish/Daleth

Just as in Greek, there is no sound for "J" in Hebrew either, rather the Yud was used. This spelling of Jared is as it apprears in the Hebrew scriptures.

The modern way to spell this name would be to use the Gimmel, which is the closest sound. Below is the modern method you could use, but again if you share a name with any biblical person it would be better to use that spelling for the most accurate results. This is why I find it strange people have names like Jesus and Jehovah as modern pronouncements when it's clearly not possible from a Hebrew or Greek standpoint. Even Latin uses "Iesus" for "jesus" and Greek uses "Iesous" since "J" doesn't exist.

Jared = גארד

Jared = Gimmel/Aleph/Reish/Daleth

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