Jesús

Where the name comes from

• Hebrew (through Aramaic, Greek and Latin)
  "God is salvation" or "God saves"
  Hebrew Yehoshua, later shortened to Yeshua. It combines a short form of God's name (Yah or Yeho) with the verb yasha, "to save."
  Jesús is the Spanish form of Jesus. Jesus comes from Late Latin Iesus, which came from Greek Iēsous. Iēsous was the Greek attempt to write the Aramaic and Hebrew name Yeshua. Yeshua is a later, shorter form of Yehoshua. That is the same name as Joshua. Scholars agree on this path. They differ a little on how to translate the meaning. Common versions are "God is salvation" and "God saves." One classic Hebrew dictionary also lists "God is opulence" as a possible reading. A classic Greek dictionary gives "whose help is God" and notes that later writers read the name as "salvation." In English, the name has been used for Christ for about 850 years.

Jesús across traditions

• Christian (Spanish-speaking and Latin American). Spanish speakers use Jesús as an everyday given name to honor Jesus Christ. In English-speaking countries, people rarely give the name to children. The surname De Jesús ("of Jesus") comes from compound names that end in "de Jesús."
• Jewish. Yeshua was a common Jewish personal name about 2,000 years ago. In Greek, the same name Iēsous was used for Joshua, the leader who followed Moses.
• Islamic. Muslims honor Jesus as a prophet. In Arabic, his name is ʿĪsā.

Who carried it

• Jesus of Nazareth (about 2,000 years ago): The central figure of Christianity. The name honors him.
• Joshua son of Nun (Hebrew Bible): Moses' successor. In the Greek Bible, his name is written exactly like Jesus.
• Jesus called Justus (about 1,950 years ago): A Jewish Christian who worked with Paul. The letter to the Colossians mentions him.
• Teresa de Jesús (Teresa of Ávila) (1515–1582): Spanish saint and mystic. She is the best-known example of the devotional "de Jesús" naming style.

Forms in other languages

Jesus, Jesús María, María Jesús (feminine), Jesusa (feminine), Xesús, Chuy, Chucho, Chus

Jesús in letter-number systems

Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.