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Jesus baby names and what they mean, for jesus, christ, messiah, savior, with 58 results. These boy names reached the top of their popularity a century ago (USAGE OF 16.6%) and are now much less common (USAGE 5.1%, 69% LESS), with names such as Matthew becoming less stylish. The more fashionable birth names here are Emmanuel (#159), Gabriel (#35), Justus (#972), Luke (#29) and Shiloh (#709), while Cephus (TOP 18%) and Balthaser (26%) are popular surnames.

Jesus names

Alpha - Gilchrist | Gillies - Matthew | Melchior - Zaccheus

Alpha - Gilchrist

Alpha

Alpha
.. Jesus says in the Book of .. Alpha (TOP 34%), like Atha (TOP 12%), Acha (40%), is a common -ha suffix surname. [Alfa]

Arni
An ancestor of Jesus. Arti is a marginally favored birth name. See also Arun.

Balthasar
.. to the baby Jesus, though they .. Balto and variants are hardly found as masculine names. [Belshazzar, Balto, Balthazaar, Baldassare, .. 4 more]

Baptist
.. the Baptist baptized Jesus with water .. Baptist, Babtysta, etc. are not in the Top 2000. [Bautista, .. 4 more]

Cailean
.. Crisdean does to Christ and Moirean .. Unusual as birth names, but Cailean and Cailin are comparable to the more popular Callan. [Cailin]

Candelario

Candelario
.. took the baby Jesus to be .. Fairly scarce as a children's name, Candelario is used more frequently as a last name. [Candelero, Candelerio, .. 2 more]

Caspar
.. afar to find the baby Jesus .. Not frequently used as a baby name, Caspar is found more conventionally as a surname. [Kaspar, Gaspar, .. 6 more]

Cephas

Cephas
What Jesus called his apostle Simon .. Fairly unusual as a boys' name, Cephas is found more frequently as a surname.

Chris

Chris
From Greek language. "Bearing Christ." Cris and variants rose in popularity during 1960-1969 and are now less common, with Chris becoming somewhat outmoded. Short form of Christopher and Christian .. [Kris, Cris, .. 1 more]

Christian

Christian
Source fr. Latin language. "Follower of Christ." Christian, Christie, Cristian and Kris are widely used as variations. .. The name of Christ is from .. [Krystiano, Kris, Criston, Christer, Christan, Chrestien, .. 20 more]

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Jesus names: Alpha, Candelario, Cephas, Chris, Christian

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Jesus names: Christie, Christopher, Connor, Cristian, Cristofer

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Jesus names: Emmanuel, Gabriel

Christie

Christie
Based on Scottish, Irish, Greek. "Bearing Christ." Somewhat unconventional as a birth name, existing more commonly as a last name. Pet form of Christopher in Scotland .. [Christy]

Christmas
.. the holiday (meaning "Christ festival") used .. Adoption of Christmas and Noel as baby names in 2018 was down 3.5% compared to 2017. [Noel]

Christopher

Christopher
Origin fr. Greek element. "Bearing Christ." Very prominent boys' name (#42 IN RECENT RANKINGS) which also occurs somewhat regularly as a surname. .. whom he discovered was actually Christ .. [Topher, Kristofer, Kriss, Kitt, Cristobal, Christophe, Christoforus, Christoforo, Christoffer, Christofer, .. 22 more]

Connor

Connor
.. lived at the time of Christ .. In favor as a boys' name (#57 IN LATEST RANKINGS), Connor also exists often as a surname. [Konnor, Conn, .. 2 more]

Cristian

Cristian
Derivative of Latin element. "Follower of Christ." Usage of Cristian and Chrystian as baby names in 2018 was down 52.3% compared to 2008. See also Christian. [Chrystian]

Cristofer

Cristofer
Source fr. Greek. "Bearing Christ." Cristofer and variants became less popular last year, dropping -95 rankings as birth names with Cristopher leading the fall. Spanish form of Christopher. [Cristoval, Cristofor, .. 1 more]

Emmanuel

Emmanuel
.. name title for the promised Messiah .. Adoption of Emmanuel, Eman, etc. as boys' names in 2018 was 3.3% less than a year ago. [Manuelo, Manoel, Manny, Mannie, Emmonuel, Emanuel, Eman, .. 16 more]

Fadi
Root fr. Arabic language. "Savior." Fadil (TOP 85%), Fazi (76%) are popular last names. See also Gadi. A term used by Arabic Christians ..

Gabriel

Gabriel
.. to announce the birth of Jesus .. In favor as a boys' name (#35 IN LATEST RANKINGS), Gabriel also occurs often as a surname. [Jibril, Gaby, Gabriele, Gabor, Gabbie, .. 16 more]

Gilchrist
Root fr. Irish, Gaelic language. "Christ's servant." Not in Top 2000. [Gillchrist]

Quick Reference

Summary Index of Jesus names [and variants] for boys.

1. Alpha - Gilchrist
Alpha [Alfa], Arni, Balthasar [Balto, Baltazar, Balthazar, Belshazzar, Balthazaar, Balthasaar, ..], Baptist [Bautista, Battiste, Battista, Baptiste, Babtysta], Cailean [Cailin], Candelario [Candelero, Candelaro, Candelerio, Candelareo], Caspar [Kaspar, Jasper, Gasper, Gaspar, Gasparo, Gaspard, ..], Cephas, Chris [Kris, Cris, Chriss], Christian [Kris, Kristo, Krister, Krystian, Kristian, Krystiano, ..], Christie [Christy], Christmas [Noel], Christopher [Tobal, Topher, Stoffel, Kristos, Krzysztof, Kristoforos, ..], Connor [Conn, Conor, Konnor, Conner], Cristian [Chrystian], Cristofer [Cristoval, Cristofor, Cristopher], Emmanuel [Manuel, Manual, Manolo, Manola, Manuelo, Manuela, ..], Fadi, Gabriel [Gay, Jibril, Jabril, Gavril, Gavrilo, Gavriel, ..], Gilchrist [Gillchrist]


Gillies [Gilles, Gillis, Gilliss, Ghilles, Ghillies], Jairus [Jair, Jairo], James [Jim, Jimmy, Jimbo, Jemmy, Seamus, Jimmie, ..], Janna [Jannai], Jared [Jerod, Jered, Jerad, Jerrod, Jerred, Jerrad, ..], Jesus [Jesous], John [Zane, Yanno, Yanni, Vanya, Vanko, Vanek, ..], Joseph [Yusup, Yusuf, Yusif, Yuszef, Yussuf, Yousef, ..], Justus [Justis], Kenan [Kain, Keenan], Kester, Kit [Kitt], Kristian [Krist, Kristan, Kristien], Kristopher [Krystof, Krzysztof, Kristofor, Krystopher, Kristophor, Kristoffer, ..], Lazarus [Lazer, Lazear, Lazaro, Lazare, Lazzaro, Lazarillo, ..], Luke [Luck, Lukas, Lucky, Lucio, Lukacs, Lucius, ..], Maccabee [Makabee, Macabee], Magus, Mark [Marq, Marque, Markus, Markov, Marquus, Marques, ..], Matthew [Matz, Matty, Matyas, Matvey, Mattie, Mattieu, ..]


Melchior [Melker, Melkior, Malkior, Malchior], Moses [Moss, Mozes, Mosie, Moyses, Mosiah, ..], Moss, Natal [Nataly, Natale, Natalio, Natalino], Nazaire [Nazor, Nazaro, Nazario, Nasareo, Nazarius, Nasarrio], Nyree, Percival [Percy, Percey, Purcell, Perceval, Percivall, Percevall, ..], Perfecto, Peter [Piet, Pyotr, Piotr, Pietro, Pieter, Pierre, ..], Ram [Rahm, Rama, Ramos], Regis, Salvador [Sal, Sauveur, Salvino, Salvidor, Salvator, Salvatore], Seneca, Shiloh [Shilo, Shylo, Shyloh], Simeon [Sima, Simyon, Shimon], Uziah [Uzziah], Victor [Vitor, Vidor, Viktor, Vitorio, Vittorio, Vittorios, ..], Zaccheus [Zacheus, Zachaios, Zacchaeus]

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