Names in Hebrew
Adrian in Hebrew
Written
איידריאן
With the vowels
אֵיידְרִיאַן
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- אֵ–
- ייey
- דְd
- רִr
- יi
- אַa
- ןn
Why these letters
A Hebrew word can’t begin with a bare vowel, so the name starts with א: it is silent and carries the vowel. The ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי. At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן.
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