MEANING & HISTORY
What does Maria Jesusa mean?
Maria is the Latin form of Greek Maria from Hebrew Miriam. Egyptian beloved or love and several Hebrew interpretations have been proposed for Miriam; the ultimate meaning is not settled.
Jesusa is a documented counterpart of Spanish Jesús. The linked Jesús and Jesus entries trace the name through Greek Iesous and Aramaic Yeshua to the Joshua family.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗The parts of this recorded form
These parts have their own entries. Their separate histories do not automatically create a single combined meaning.
THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Maria Jesusa in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
MARIA JESUSACSV record 6,491 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Maria Jesusa in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Maria Jesusa
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Marianela·Documented María and Estela combination
- Marianne♀French compound of Marie and Anne
- Marietta♀Familiar form of Maria
- Marijuana♀Cannabis word used as a given name
- Maristella♀Italian star-of-the-sea name formation
- Magdalena♀Of Magdala
- Maravilloso·As a Spanish word: wonderful or admirable
- Marcelina♀Feminine form in the Marcellinus name family
What rhymes with Maria Jesusa?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Maria Jesusa further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Behind the Name: Maria (opens in a new tab)
Exact form and documented name relationship.
- Behind the Name: mary (opens in a new tab)
Independently consulted linked-name formation and lexical root.
- Behind the Name: Jesusa (opens in a new tab)
Exact form and documented name relationship.
- Behind the Name: Jesús (opens in a new tab)
Exact Spanish and Catalan Jesus form, with Jesusa counterpart.
- Behind the Name: Jesus (opens in a new tab)
Previously consulted Greek Iesous and Aramaic Yeshua chain.
- Behind the Name: joshua (opens in a new tab)
Independently consulted linked-name formation and lexical root.