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Jessup - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jessup

[ 2 syll. jes-sup, je-ss-up ] The boy name Jessup is pronounced JHEHSAHP KEY. Jessup's language of origin is Hebrew and it is used largely in the English language. Jessup is a variant of Joseph (English, French, and German).

Jessup is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Jessup, Joseph (English, French, and German) was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Jessup include Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Jakab (Hungarian), Jakeb (English), Jakiv (Russian), Jakob (English, German, and Scandinavian), Jakov (Hungarian, Russian, and Slavic), Jeffy (English), Jephthah (English and German), Joab (English), Joba (Lapp), Jobo (Spanish), Joosef (Finnish), Josef (Czech, German, Hebrew, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Yiddish), Josep (Slavic), Joseph (English, French, and German), Josephe (English and French), Josif (Slavic), Josip (Slavic), Jospeh (English), and Joszef (Hungarian).

KEY: Pronunciation for Jessup: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)"


 
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