Why is the name "Jesus" common in the Hispanic culture, but unheard of in Caucasian cultures?

Hispanic culture, of course, draws on Spain for many of its traditions. In that traditionally Catholic country, Jesus is a common name, said Robert Adler, associate professor of Spanish at The University of North Alabama. Adler said he talked to colleagues who teach other languages, but they couldn’t come up with a reason why Spanish and Portuguese cultures use the name but other European Catholic countries don’t. “It’s very curious,” he said.

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English speaking places tend to use Joshua instead - same name in origin. The Bible translators used different forms for Old and New Testament versions of several names.

Both "Jesus" and "Joshua," along with "Moses," "Elijah," "Elisha," and other "Bible names," as well as many Greek names such as "Heraclete," "Aristarchus," and so on are very common given names in Hispanic culture.

In Spanish, there's an accent mark on the "u." It's pronounced "heh-SOOS".

I don't think we can answer the "Why?"

"Joshua" in Spanish is "Josue." (accent mark on "e.")

I know people with all the names I listed and have a good friend named "Hermes." Most Americans pronounce his name "Aramis."

I'm not finding a decent link to post, however, around here (Colorado), "Jesus" and "Chuy" are very common names. The use of the name "Jesus" (by Hispanics), is done so out of a deep reverence for their "Christ" Jesus. For the most part, Anglo's find this to be presumptuous and avoid giving this name to their children. It's a cultural thing -- nothing more.

Jesus was a name given to Yoshuah ben Yosef (this is his Hebrew name, and the name that he went by when Jesus was alive) in the New Testament when translated to English. In English, from transliteration of the Hebrew, his name is Joshua, which is found in the Torah (or Old Testament).

Spain and Portugal were both under Islamic occupation and rule from about 710 A.D. to 1610 A.D.

In Islam, it is common to name children after Mohammed, the key figure in their religion.

It seems likely that this influenced the Christians of the occupied territory to name their children after the key figure of their religion, Jesus (a Latinisation via the Greek of the original Hebrew name Yeshua).