Why dont christians name there sons Jesus?

Answer 1

As has been mentioned, people do name their sons "Jesus."

Yeshua is the Hebrew form. In Greek it is Iesous. In Italian Giosue. In English it is translated as Joshua, so if a mother names her son "Joshua" it is the same name as "Jesus," but the transliteration is different.

You can see the transliteration progress for "Jesus":

Y A H S H U A (Hebrew)
I E S O U S (Greek)
I E S O U S (Latin)
J E S U S (English)

There was no letter ‘J’ in any language prior to the 14th century in England. The letter did not become widely used until the 17th century.

Answer 2

You are wrong, I have met christian mens, kids named Jesus. Even others with hebrew versions of the name Yeshua or Yoshua.

I only had three daugthers and was thinking in naming my first son Eugene Paul (not beacause of Paul but me and wy wife like how teh combination sound). If I had a second son, I do not see any problem to name him Jesus

Answer 3

They do in Latin America commonly. We use the Jewish counter-part to that Greek name, Joshua.

Note that Joshua = Yoshua or Yahushua because there is no "J" sound in Hebrew. The letter "J" is only about 500 years old and isn't even found in the original 1611 King James version.

http://www.eliyah.com/nameson.htm

The answer lies in the Greek/Latin corruption of the Messiah's original Hebrew name. Originally, the name of the Messiah was , pronounced Yahushua.

This is the Messiah's original name. When the Gentiles tried to transliterate His name into Greek, they came up with ihsoun or "Iesous"....changed eventually to Jesus.

We name our children by the Messiah's HEBREW name, by which He was REALLY addressed by the Jews in His life time.

Joshua is Hebrew for the Greek name Jesus.

The Old testiment was written in Hebrew, for the Jews, who were God's chosen people until they reected Him.

The New Tesitiment, where He is called Jesus, was written in Greek, to spread Christianity to the "gentiles" of Europe.

He was NOT called "jesus" in life...he was named "Joshua". The word Joshua means "Jehovah is our salvation". How appropriate for "the Lamb that was slain".

The name Jesus is the same as Saviour. It is derived from the verb signifying to save...just like Joshua!

Answer 4

The name Joshua is really another form of the name Jesus. Both are derived from the Hebrew Yeshua. Also, Spanish speaking Christians often use the name, (as has been pointed out many times already).

Answer 5

You are quite mistaken, little one. In Spain, and countries colonized BY spain, the name Jesus is not at all uncomon. Look in ANY phonebook in the American Southwest, and you will find a goodly number of listings with that as the given name. I went thru HS in Arizona with several chicano guys with that as their given name. The better question would have been "Why DO some Christians name their sons Jesus?"

Answer 6

Because the name JESUS belongs to Jesus. HE is the name above all names, the the one that making salvation and overcoming sin possible.
Who would want to take the name from Jesus and give it to their child.
I know some SPanish ppl do and they say its a sign of respect, and I can judge them. But I personally could never give the name Jesus to anyone. THere is only one Lord.

Answer 7

Many people feel that naming a son Jesus would put a lot of pressure on the child, and may even bring shame to the name. Actually, alot of hispanic men are named Jesus.

Answer 8

Jesus is a common name is some parts of the world. A local parish has three priests, their first names are Jesus, Salvatore and Bill. The Anglo priest often jokes that he is more than a little intimidated to have co-workers named Jesus and Salvatore.

Answer 9

The answer is because Jesus is the Son of God and it is too precious of a name to call a human. Just like we don't name our children Judas or Jezebel, which were not very admirable in the Bible. Jesus is name of above all names, the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. No human can measure up.

I think that it is strange a child can be named Muhammad in the Muslim faith, but not a teddy bear like in the Muslim country of Sudan. What's up with that?

Answer 10

It is common for some cultures to do just that. I live in Southern California and have met a number of Hispanic males named Jesus only it is pronounced H a s u s with the vowels saying their names.