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Originally Posted by gizmo980
Yes, I have encountered a few Black people named Jesus - and they pronounced it "Hey-Zeus" if I remember correctly. I also believe they were Cuban/Afro-Caribbean, which would explain the Spanish pronunciation. Why are you asking? Just sheer curiosity?
I am curious. maybe it would be a nice name for a baby. Not mine though.
shoot--- there were times when i thought it was my name (s. side chicago), jesus christ will you kids stop that rackette on the roof. get down from there.
Okay, nobody has clarified as to why Hispanics name their kids Jesus, and white kids don't.
In Spanish culture, you name your child Jesus as homage to God. You are honoring God by doing this.
In Polish, Irish, other Catholic cultures it is seen more as "We aren't worthy of naming our children after the son of God." Really, it's just a difference of opinion within Catholicism.
And as for the pronunciation? It's due to the phonetics of the Spanish language.
Out of curiosity, in which language and/or culture is this true? Jesse is also a Biblical name, but it hasn't got anything to do with Jesus (which happens to be a Greek corruption of his actual name, Joshua). Jesse was David's father.
Believe it or not, I was going by what I remember of Latin. Anyways, Jesse is the US is a variant of Jesus (Mexico, Spain, Latin America, etc.), but also which is Hebrew and pronounced "Jee zus." The meaning of this name is: God rescues. The Hebrew feminine form is Jesusa.
Then, "Jessenia" is the same name (Jesse), but Arabic (for a girl).
Another "Jesse" variant is the Hebrew "Josiah," which means: The Lord saves.
Okay, nobody has clarified as to why Hispanics name their kids Jesus, and white kids don't.
In Spanish culture, you name your child Jesus as homage to God. You are honoring God by doing this.
In Polish, Irish, other Catholic cultures it is seen more as "We aren't worthy of naming our children after the son of God." Really, it's just a difference of opinion within Catholicism.
And as for the pronunciation? It's due to the phonetics of the Spanish language.
Maybe because most people have no idea that Jesus isn't just a "Spanish of Mexican origin" name, but Hebrew? But could it also be because most people don't have knowledge of words' roots or origin? By noticing how a word or name is written (spelled), I can tell most of the time what the word is similar to as long as its roots is related to Latin (English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, etc.).
Okay, nobody has clarified as to why Hispanics name their kids Jesus, and white kids don't.
In Spanish culture, you name your child Jesus as homage to God. You are honoring God by doing this.
In Polish, Irish, other Catholic cultures it is seen more as "We aren't worthy of naming our children after the son of God." Really, it's just a difference of opinion within Catholicism.
And as for the pronunciation? It's due to the phonetics of the Spanish language.
This is along the lines of what I was told when I was a kid. My mom's family was Catholic. Mary and Joseph were names of the patron saints. Using the name 'Jesus' was considered disrespectful because there was only one God and Jesus was made in God's image.
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