Scientists reveal Jesus' REAL name - and say it wasn't 'Jesus' after all
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It might be one of the most famous names on Earth. But experts now say that 'Jesus Christ' might not be the name of Christianity's central figure after all. Scholars believe that 'Jesus' would have gone by a name in his own native language of Aramaic which is nothing like our modern version.
![[The real historical figure of Jesus wouldn't have gone by the anglicised name 'Jesus Christ', according to experts. Instead, he would have used a name in his own native language]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/16/92621863-14288463-As_a_person_from_Galilee_experts_think_Jesus_would_have_had_dark-a-52_1737044512066.jpg)
In fact, the name 'Jesus' even contains letters that weren't used in written language until 1,500 years after his death. Throughout Christianity's 2,000-year history, Jesus' original name has been obscured by layers of translation and transliteration. Jesus' name travelled a long-linguistic road from his own Aramaic into Hebrew, then to Greek and into Latin before it could ever receive an English translation in the 16th century.
![[Based on where Jesus lived, experts think he would have spoken Aramaic. This is an ancient relative of Hebrew which you can see here carved into the so-called 'James Brother of Jesus' ossuary]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/16/93357437-14288463-The_limestone_box_or_ossuary_features_the_inscription_James_son_-a-53_1737044524091.jpg)
Likewise, experts say that Jesus' last name was definitely not 'Christ' but would have actually been based on his home town. That means Jesus' real name was most likely Yeshu Nazareen. It might be one of the most famous names on the planet, but expert historians and archaeologists say that 'Jesus Christ' wasn't the real name of the Christian Messiah.
![[As a Judean man raised in the region of Galilee, Jesus would have spoken Aramaic in his day-to-day life and used this language to introduce himself. Though he may have also had some knowledge of Hebrew and Greek. This image shows a forensic reconstruction of how someone from that region might have looked]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/16/92620775-14288463-Experts_are_certain_that_Jesus_was_raised_in_the_region_of_Galil-a-58_1737044617848.jpg)
The real historical figure of Jesus wouldn't have gone by the anglicised name 'Jesus Christ', according to experts. Instead, he would have used a name in his own native language. The most obvious reason that Jesus' name wouldn't have sounded like the English version of 'Jesus' is that he wouldn't have spoken English.
![[Based on Aramaic inscriptions, like the one on this burial box, Jesus' name would have been Yeshu or Yeshua]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/16/93357431-14288463-A_2_000_year_old_bone_box_etched_with_the_name_of_Jesus_brother_-m-56_1737044586105.jpg)
