Names in Hebrew

Evelyn in Hebrew

Written

אולין

With the vowels

אֶוְלִין

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. אֶe
  2. וְv
  3. לִl
  4. יi
  5. 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 v is written with ו, which reads v here. At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן.

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