Given name
Jezus
“Yahweh saves”
Jezus is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Dutch.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jezus goes back to Latin Iesus, meaning “Yahweh saves.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Jezus’s family of names
In Polish usage, Jezus has a diminutive in Jezusek. In Slovenian usage, Jezus has a conventional equivalent in the German form Jesus. In Dutch usage, Jezus has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jesús.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jezus has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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