Fun Facts About the Name Jerusalema
- 24 babies named Jerusalema: U.S. records list 24 babies given the name Jerusalema from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jerusalema Mean?
Jerusalema is a southern African form of Jerusalem, especially associated with Zulu, and it ultimately comes from Hebrew Yerushalayim. In Zulu, iJerusalema is the ordinary name for the city; the initial i- is a noun-class prefix, and the unprefixed form Jerusalema is the one used as a given name. The Hebrew name is of uncertain etymology. A traditional explanation connects its second element with shalom, "peace," and gives the meaning "city of peace," but the first element is not securely explained, and some scholars treat the name as an earlier Canaanite place name. "City of peace" is therefore a customary interpretation rather than a certain literal translation.
Jerusalema Name History & Origins
Jerusalema belongs to the biblical place names that entered southern African languages through Christian missions and Bible translation. The Hebrew Yerushalayim was rendered in Greek as Hierousalēm and in Latin as Hierusalem; missionary translators adapted those forms into local Bantu languages. In Zulu the result is iJerusalema, the name for Jerusalem. As a personal name, Jerusalema follows a common pattern in which a biblical place name is given to a child, but its history is the history of the place name rather than of an ancient Hebrew personal name.
The word also appears as the title and refrain of the 2019 song "Jerusalema" by South African artist Master KG, with vocals by Nomcebo Zikode. That is a modern cultural use of the Zulu word, not the source of the given name.
How Popular is the Name Jerusalema?
Jerusalema has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #11,656 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,947 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #16,286 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #11,656 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #14,244 | 6 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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