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Boy · Hebrew, through Greek
Jesús
Say it: heh-SOOS
Meaning
Greek Iēsous, from Hebrew Yeshua, a late form of Yehoshua 'YHWH is salvation'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Avoided as a personal name in most of Europe out of reverence, but common in Spain and Latin America.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 235,888 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2001, about 1 in 302 boys
- 2,272 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
HebrewAramaicEarly ChristianSpanishPortugueseMexicanCentral AmericanCaribbeanAndeanArgentine
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jesus, Chuy, Chucho
| Portuguese | Jesus |
|---|---|
| Hebrew | Yeshua |
| Greek | Iesous |
| Latin | Iesus |
Famous bearers
- Jesus of Nazareth
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Parish baptism registers
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.