Given name
Jèsus
“God saves”
Jèsus is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Occitan.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jèsus goes back to Latin Jesus, meaning “God saves.”
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Where it comes from
Jèsus comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
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How it developed
From Latin Jesus, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς, from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ.
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Jèsus’s family of names
In Occitan usage, Jèsus has a conventional equivalent in the German form Jesus.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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