Male name
Hershel
10,334 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1924. Expression number: 3.
Origin
Borrowed from Yiddish הירשעל (hirshel), a diminutive of הירש (hirsh, “deer, buck”).From Wiktionary, entry “Hershel”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1924: 226 births. 10,334 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1910s to the 1950s. It really came into use around 1902. It is still given: 228 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
8 + 5 + 9 + 1 + 8 + 5 + 3 = 39 → 3
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
5 + 5 = 10 → 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
8 + 9 + 1 + 8 + 3 = 29 → 11
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 4, 6, 7
- Most frequent digit
- 5 · freedom, change, movement
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.