Jesus
given name · Latin script
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)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/xɛsus/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jesus is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Venezuela than in any other country, where it is the 6th most common given name.
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 73(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 169
- ESSpain1 in 195
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Venezuela (inferred from the name graph)
- #86 (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 521 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 73 (inferred from the name graph)
≈390,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Venezuela, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
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). The name means "Yahweh is salvation" or "Yahweh saves". This meaning is highlighted in the Gospel of Matthew, where an angel instructs Joseph to name him Jesus, "for he will save his people from their sins".
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jesus counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VE Venezuela | #6 | ≈390,000 est. | ≈1 in 73 | — | Jesus | 150 |
| US United States | #353 | 331,353 | 1 in 1K | 328K | Jesus | 521 |
| ES Spain | #15 | 256,545 | 1 in 195 | 266K | Jesus | 290 |
| PE Peru | #11 | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 169 | 186K | Jesus | 151 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 597 | listed | Jesus | 143 |
| EC Ecuador | #435 | 60,148 | 1 in 281 | 54K | Jesus | 89 |
| SV El Salvador | #8 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 278 | — | Jesus | 63 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENIEC — DNI population names; INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
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 nameBiblical 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 nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In Latin, from Latin Iesus, Greek form of Hebrew Yeshua 'Yahweh is salvation'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In English, saviour; variation of Joshua; popular Spanish/Portuguese name
as a nameBaby 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 nameThe 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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 90 sources across 48 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 328K | #150 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 266K | #14 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 257K | #19 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 54K | #36 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 6.4K | #294 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.6K | #150 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 2.1K | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 622 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 95 | #7,299 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 6 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jesus mean, and where does it come from?
- 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). Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What are other forms of the name Jesus?
- In the etymology graph, Joshua, Josh and Isa are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Jesus?
- A machine transcription gives /xɛsus/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Jesus have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 391 thousand people named Jesus in Venezuela, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jesus.
- 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.
- How common is the name Jesus?
- In the United States, the national register counted 331,353 people named Jesus in 2020, about 1 in 1.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Jesus compared with other names?
- In Venezuela, Jesus is the 6th most common given name of 218,181 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jesusThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jesus” — the 6th most common given name in Venezuela. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.