There are 26 Jesus names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Jesus names 1 to 20. Joshua was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English, French, and German Joseph, the Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish David, the English John, the Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Gabriel, the English and German Jordan, the Spanish, English, German, and Portuguese Jesus, the English and German Jesse, the English Gregory, Judah, the Dutch, English, French, and German Jasper, and the English name, Francis. The unusual Jesus names are Amram (Hebrew), Balthasar (English and German), Epifanio (Spanish), Ignatius (Dutch and English), Lazarus (German), Myron (English and Greek), Nazario (Italian), and Nicodemus (English). Jesus names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1955, 11.386% of baby boys were given Jesus names. There were 16 Jesus names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Jesus names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 16 Jesus names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.905%. Within all Jesus names, the English Joshua was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #4 and a usage of 0.8799%.
NAME MATCH: Jesus  79 | Yahweh is salvation ...The boy name Jesus is pronounced as JHIYZahS ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: | Amram | exalted nation ... was the grandfather of Jesus. ... |
| Balthasar | Baal protect the king ... gifts to the infant Jesus ... |
David  14 | beloved, favorite, darling, friend ... many generations later, Jesus Christ ... |
| Epifanio | manifestation of God ... the Magi to the infant Jesus. ... |
Francis  656 | Frenchman, free one ... of the Society of Jesus. ... |
Gabriel  24 | man of God, hero of ... the coming birth of Jesus ... |
Gregory  236 | vigilant ... of the return of Jesus ... |
Ignatius  | fire ... or the Society of Jesus ... |
Jasper  452 | keeper of the treasure ... who visited the baby Jesus at Bethlehem, although ... |
Jesse  110 | God's gift ... of King David, of whom Jesus was a descendant ... |
John  20 | Yahweh is gracious, ... Zechariah) who baptized Jesus, John the Apostle ... |
Jordan  48 | flowing down ... Jordan in Israel where Jesus was baptized by John ... |
Joseph  13 | Yahweh will add (another ... of Mary, the mother of Jesus in the New Testament, ... |
Joshua  4 | Yahweh is salvation ... the New Testament name Jesus was directly derived ... |
Judah  394 | praised, he who is praised ... apostle who betrayed Jesus. ... |
| Lazarus | God has helped ... of Mary and Martha whom Jesus raised from the dead, ... |
Myron  | myrrh ... the Magi to the infant Jesus ... |
| Nazario | from Nazareth ... city in Galilee where Jesus lived; the place name ... |
| Nicodemus | victory of the people ... who listened to Jesus' teachings and later ... |
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