Meaning: Its source is Yehoshua, a Hebrew name meaning "God is salvation."

In Spanish, this name is spelled with an accent -- Jesús.

Languages: This boy's name is used in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Alternative Spellings: Jezus

Source Forms: Yehoshua

Popularity: The name Jesus ranked 65th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 129th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

This name first made its appearance on state popularity lists of the 1990s, and has been trending upward in usage ever since.

Narrative: Jesus originated as a Latinate-Greek translation of the Hebrew name Yehoshua. As such, it corresponds to the English name Joshua.

Two thousand years ago, at the time of Jesus of Nazareth's ministry, his name was in common use among the Jews of Palestine. It remains a popular first name for boys among Spanish and Portuguese-speaking people around the world; Christians from other cultures, however, almost never name their sons Jesus.

Meaning: Its source is Yehoshua, a Hebrew name meaning "God is salvation."

Popularity: The name Jesus ranked 2281st in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.

This name is usually reserved for Latino boys. In part, it could owe its position on the US Census list to incorrectly filled-out census forms.