Jessup
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning God exists; a form of Jesse.
Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Jessup by the numbers
Jessup was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 23 babies in 1995, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Jesse
Like Jessup, each of these traces back to Jesse: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- JessyGod sees; form of Jessica or Jesse67 in the US (2017)
- Jessejamesgod is gracious and supplanter; compound of Jesse and James17 in the US (2017)
- JeseGod exists; a form of Jesse16 in the US (2017)
- JesseyGod exists; a variant spelling of Jesse12 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jessup. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jesusgod is salvation2,741 in the US (2017)
- Jessegod exists; gift from god980 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jessiewealthy; gift; form of Jessica or Jesse664 in the US (2017)
- Jessiwealthy; a form of Jessica84 in the US (2017)
- Jeshuagod is salvation; a variant of Joshua61 in the US (2017)
- JesseeGod exists; a variant spelling of Jesse12 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Jessup, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Jessup
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