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 [ 2 syll. je-sus, jes-us ] The boy name Jesus is pronounced as JHIYZahS KEY. Jesus is used predominantly in the Spanish, English, German, and Portuguese languages, and its origin is Hebrew. The name Jesusa (Spanish) is the female version of Jesus. Hesus (Spanish), Jesu (Spanish), and Jesuso (Spanish) are variants of Jesus. In addition, Jesus is a variant (English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish) of the name Joshua (English). Jezus (Spanish variant spelling) is another form of Jesus. Jesus is popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1900s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2001, 0.311% of baby boys were given the name Jesus. It ranked at #66 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.265% and its ranking #79. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Jesus, Joshua (English) was the most regularly used. In 2008, the name was thrice as popular as Jesus. Baby names that sound like Jesus include Jesús (Spanish), Jacee (English), Jacey (English), Jaci (English), Jacie (English), Jackey (English), Jacki (English), Jackie (English), Jacky (English), Jacy (English), Jagu (Breton), Jahi (Swahili), Jaja (Igbo), Jakie (English), Jascha (Russian), Jasha (Russian), Jay-Jay (English), Jaya (Indian), Jaycee (English), and Jaycey (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Jesus: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
