Jesus: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Jesus – Meaning: Yahweh saves – Origin: Hebrew (via Aramaic, Greek, and Latin, used as an everyday given name mainly in Spanish-speaking cultures) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: hay-ZOOS


Jesus is a Hebrew (via Aramaic, Greek, and Latin, used as an everyday given name mainly in Spanish-speaking cultures) boy's name meaning “Yahweh saves”. It appears in our list of 175+ Cute Baby Boy Names That Start with J.

Meaning & Origin of Jesus

Meaning: Yahweh saves.

Origin: Hebrew (via Aramaic, Greek, and Latin, used as an everyday given name mainly in Spanish-speaking cultures).

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Jesus

Phonetic: hay-ZOOS   IPA: /heɪˈzuːs/

Popularity of Jesus

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1880–2024.

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