Day of the Holy Jesus, December 25. Names for children

If you have not yet decided the name of your baby it can help you to know the origin and the meaning of one of the most used names in the whole world. It is the name of Jesus: its origin is Hebrew and its meaning refers to 'Yahweh is Salvation'. It is a name that has a long tradition of personalitie

It is a name that has a long tradition of personalities named Jesus. He celebrates his name day on December 25, which celebrates the birth of the baby Jesus, on Christmas Day.

Curiosities of the name Jesus

It is a biblical name par excellence because of the importance of Jesus of Nazareth and they have multiple variants depending on the country in which it is used. For example: in Russian and Romanian it is called Lesus, in Aramaic it is used as Yeshua, in Basque Josu, in Finnish Joshea, in Italian Gesù, and in English Jesse.

Jesus is a name that never goes out of fashion, although sometimes it is used with some of the diminutives that refer to Jesus as Chuso, Chuso Jezu.

There is a feminine variant although infrequent that is Jesusa. In feminine we can find this name as a compound for example María Jesús.

In masculine the name of Jesus can be used individually or also forming part of compound names such as: Jesus Antonio, Jesus Alberto, Jesus Miguel, Jesus Gabriel, Jesus Alexander, or Francisco Jesus among many others.

The saints' day of Jesus is celebrated on December 25th, the day commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the quintessential historical personality referred to by the name of Jesus. Although we find other figures also from the world of journalism like Jesús Hermida, from television like Jesús Vazquez, and even from bullfighting like Jesulín de Ubrique or from fashion like Jesús del Pozo, who are called like that. If you want to know other names and their meaning that celebrate the saints in the month of December you can consult them in our calendar of the names of saints in December.

And if you would like to know curiosities of other names for your baby besides, we have the most complete guide of names for babies of boys and girls.