Names in Hebrew

Jane in Hebrew

Written

ג׳יין

With the vowels

גֵ׳יין

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. גֵ׳j
  2. ייey
  3. ןn

Why these letters

The name comes from Hebrew: יוֹחָנָן. Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. The ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי.

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