Jesus Family History
Jesus Name Meaning
Spanish (Jesús) and Portuguese: either from a personal name taken in honor of Jesus Christ in Christianity the divine son of God the Father (see Christ ) or from a short form of any compound name composed of any personal name + de Jesús. The name Jesus is from the Greek form Iēsous of Aramaic Yeshua from Hebrew Yoshua a byform of Yehoshuah (English Joshua) ‘God is salvation’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022