Jésus
خيسوسIn Arabic
- Meaning
- Yahweh saves (Hebrew Yeshua); in Islam the prophet Isa
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- Greek, Hebrew
- Other spellings
- Jesus, Jesús
Islamic naming guidance
- Permissible
- Scholars differ about this name.
- In the Qur’an
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources
Western form of Isa, a prophet the Qur'an names, but as a given name it is Christian usage (mostly Spanish-speaking). Counted as a name of another religion; a scholar's call. Some fatwas (IslamWeb 266275 and 301771) call names peculiar to another faith impermissible for a Muslim; others (SeekersGuidance) allow foreign names unless their meaning expresses disbelief. Scholars differ.
Confidence: medium
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