Jesus

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Yesu in IN India, Хесус in FI Finland, Jesús in PA Panama and এস in BD Bangladesh.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Jesus is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name2.4M records spelled Jesus43 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Jesús, Jesùs, Jésus, Jesus', Jesüs

• Catalan given name354K records spelled Jesus30 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Peru

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Jésus, Jesús, Jesùs, Jèsus, Jésùs

• a separate given name332K records spelled Jesus10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Jesús, Jésus, Jesùs, Jesu̕s, Jesûs

• Lao given name34K records spelled Jesus36 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Peru, Spain

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Jesús, Jesùs, Jësüs, Jesüs, Jésús

• Indonesian given name25K records spelled Jesus21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Peru, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Jesús, YesuS, Jesùs, Jesüs, Jèsus

• Estonian given name21K records spelled Jesus13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Finland, Peru

  Languages: Estonian, Finnish

  Also written Jesús, Jësüs, Jeesus, Jesûs, Jêsüs

• Italian given name12K records spelled Jesus14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Peru, San Marino

  Also written Jesús, Gesù, Gesu', Gesu, Jesùs

82 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Jesus is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• The name Jesus comes from the Hebrew name Yeshua, meaning 'God is salvation.' It is a name of profound spiritual significance, representing hope, redemption, and divine love. As the central figure of Christianity, the name carries a legacy of compassion, leadership, and sacrifice.

  as a name·Biblical Names Compiled Database

• The name 'Jesus' is the Greek form of the Hebrew name 'Yeshua' (ישוע), meaning 'Yahweh is salvation'. 'Justus' is a Latin cognomen meaning 'just', 'upright', or 'righteous'.

  as a name·Biblical Names Compiled Database

• In Latin, from Latin Iesus, Greek form of Hebrew Yeshua 'Yahweh is salvation'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In English, saviour; variation of Joshua; popular Spanish/Portuguese name

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In Portuguese, honour of Christ. The name_7esM^ is from a Gk form, lesos, of Hebr. Yeshiia, a byform of Yehoshua (Eng. Joshua) ‘may Jehovah help him’. In most of Christian Europe this name is felt to be too sacred to bestow on mortal children, but there have been no such inhibitions in Spanish-and Por¬ tuguese-speaking areas, where it is extremely popular.

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jesus Christb. 7ILcentral figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
• Jasonb. 300GRnot in their usual nameHigh Priest in the Temple in Jerusalem
• Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria, Marchioness of Louléb. 1806PTPortuguese Royal (1806–1857)
• Iyasu Vb. 1895ETnot in their usual nameEmperor of Abyssinia (1895-1935) and temporary loyalist of Garad Diiriye Guure
• Sixto Rodriguezb. 1942USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician (1942–2023)
• Jesse Vassallob. 1961USnot in their usual namePuerto Rican and American swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record-holder
• Nelson Jesus Perezb. 1961USRoman Catholic archbishop
• Jesús Aresob. 1999ESSpanish association football player
• Reinierb. 2002BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian association football player
• historical JesusILJesus as a historical person

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,051 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jesus?

We estimate roughly 703 thousand people bear Jesus (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Jesus have the most bearers?

Jesus is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled jesus.

How common is Jesus compared with other names?

In Mexico, Jesus is the 5th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Jesus a male or female name?

Jesus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Jesus mean?

Recorded meaning: The name Jesus is the English rendering of the Greek name Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς), which is a transliteration of the Hebrew name Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ) or its older form Yehoshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ).