Does anyone know the correct Hebrew spelling for Jerry or Dad? I am having a hard time finding the symbols.?

Answer 1

First of all, if all you want is the Hebrew characters to cut and paste yourself, check out, http://www.nirdagan.com/hebrew/characters/x-ascii#id31


Gimel is the HARD "g" sound (as in "gum", NOT "gym") and has nothing to do with the "J" of Jerry. In fact, the English "J"-sound does not exist in Hebrew. But the letter originally had a "y" sound, which can be seen in the Hebrew name from which "Jerry" is derived ("Jeremiah").

Thus, in Hebrew characters it would be written as ירי

As for "Dad" -- do you want simply the sounds transliterated?
דד

(If you want an English-Hebrew wordplay, you could possibly use ידד which looks like English “Daddy”, but also rather like the Hebrew “dodi”, meaning “my beloved” or “my dear one”.)

If what you want is the Hebrew WORD which means "Dad" (or "Father" since there is no special short form, at least in biblical Hebrew), it is NOT "Abba" (which is Aramaic), but simply אב

Answer 2

Jerry:
ג'רי
Dad (Abba)
אבא

EDIT: I'm afraid the answerer below is not familiar with Modern Hebrew. His arguments are correct if you are talking about the Bible, but in Modern Hebrew there is a 'j' sound which is represented by a gimel with an apostrophe. Also in Modern Hebrew, the word for dad is Abba, which is informal, as opposed to Ab = father, which is more formal.

Answer 3

Jerry - Gimel, Resh, Youd
ג'רי