Names in Hebrew

Christina in Hebrew

Written

כריסטינה

With the vowels

כְּרִיסְטִינָה

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. כְּk
  2. רִr
  3. יi
  4. סְs
  5. טִt
  6. יi
  7. נָn
  8. הa

Why these letters

The final a is written with ה, which is silent here. The t is written with ט, as usual in foreign names. The i sound is written with י.

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