To rescue, to deliver, or Yahweh is salvation
Yeshua is the Hebrew name that evolved into the Greek Iesous and eventually the English name Jesus. It is a late Biblical Hebrew form of the name Yehoshua (Joshua), derived from the roots meaning 'to save' or 'to deliver'.
Less common today
Yeshua isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #985 in 2024.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
The Hebrew name for Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of Christianity
High Priest mentioned in the biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah
