his real name

Elisajones4,

As for the other two users that posted on here, I would guess that the first one is most likely either a member of a "Sacred Names" movement or some sort of conspiracy nut. From the posts I've seen from the second one, he or she seems to not have much discernment in where they get their information from, except for - oddly enough - not trusting the most accurate and reliable sources. Both of them will challenge me on what I've said about them, and I will refuse to take up those challenges, so I'll just save us all time and say don't bother. I'm sorry, they were just guesses, and if they were wrong or you feel that I was out of line, I apologize.
Now, on to the subject at hand. The Person that we in the English speaking world usually refer to as "Jesus" was a Jew living in First Century Israel. The language that He - and every other Jew living in First Century Israel - spoke was Aramaic, peppered with Hebraisms. That means that although the language was Aramaic, it borrowed certain words, terms, phrases, forms of pronunciation, etc., from Hebrew, the original language of the Jews, and their ancestors, the Hebrews/Israelites. Hebrew was still utilized for religious and official reasons as well, and all adult male Jews living in Israel were just as fluent in it as they were in Aramaic. Both Aramaic and Hebrew are Semitic languages and are derived from the same original language, and at the time employed nearly identical alphabets. Among the Hebraisms employed in the Aramaic of the Jews of First Century Israel were proper names - personal names, place names, etc., etc...
During the First Century, Israel was part of the Roman Empire, as was most of Europe, North Africa, and the Near & Middle East. We have touched on what language was employed in Israel, but Greek was the main language used throughout the rest of the Empire, and Latin was the main language used on the Italian Peninsula. Since Greek was the main language used throughout the Roman Empire at the time, the New Testament was was written entirely in Greek. It gives the name of the Person that we in the English speaking world usually refer to as "Jesus" as being "Iesous". As Latin became more common in Western Europe, especially as the liturgical language of the Christians in that part of the world, the Latin variation "Iesus" came into use. Latin did not employ a letter "J", but employed the same symbol for both the "I" and "J" sounds. The letter "J" first showed up in the Middle Ages (before the time of Columbus). This was the background of the name that Christians in Britain eventually rendered as "Jesus" (and we all know how it is pronounced). However, every language has come up with a different variation on the name.
But how do we know what he was originally called? "Iesous" is not a Greek name, but an attempt to give an idea of the sound of a Hebrew name for Greek speakers using the Greek alphabet. In Matthew 1:21, we read that the name was to be given to the newborn child because "He shall save His people from their sins." Later in the New Testament, we see that the New Testament writers refer to the Old Testament figure that we in the English speaking world commonly refer to as "Joshua" as "Iesous," in other words, "Jesus!" Greek translations of the Hebrew Scriptures (aka the Old Testament of the Bible), most notably the famous Septuagint, also render the name of "Joshua" as "Iesous". The actual Hebrew name that we render as "Joshua" is "Yehoshua," which can be translated as "YHWH Is Salvation," "YHWH Saves," etc., etc... Variations of the word "Deliverance" or "Delivers" can be substituted there as well. "YHWH" is, of course, the most Sacred of the Hebrew Names for God - the Name revealed to Moshe (Moses) at the Burning Bush. Look how that compares with Matthew 1:21! In addition to that, all of the ancient translations of the New Testament into Semitic languages such as Aramaic, Hebrew, and Arabic (as well as other sources) use the same name for "Jesus" that they use for "Joshua" in the Old Testament!
Joseph, His stepfather, would of course be the same Hebrew rendering as the Old Testament figure of the same name, which can be either "Yosef" or "Yehosef".
The name of His hometown, which we in the English speaking world commonly pronounce as "Nazareth" was pronounced by the Jews of First Century Israel more like "Natzeret".
In and around a person's hometown in First Century Israel, that person was referred to in reference to their father or husband, or in extremely rare cases, another more "famous" male relative besides their father or husband. That was their name. We see examples of this throughout the Gospels, including for Yehoshua, who was believed to be the son of Yosef/Yehosef. "Bar" and "Bin" were two words that were in use at the time to mean "son of" - the first one was Aramaic, the second one was Hebrew. So, in and around Natzeret, He would be called Yehoshua Bar Yosef, Yehoshua Bin Yosef, Yehoshua Bar Yehosef, or Yehoshua Bin Yehosef.
Outside the region of a person's hometown in First Century Israel, that person was referred to in reference to their hometown. The word "Min" was the word used here, which meant "of" or "from". So, outside of the area of Natzeret, He would be called Yehoshua Min Natzeret.
We even find examples of the two being combined, which is most likely the most formal form of a person's name, so it might be something like Yehoshua Ben Yehosef Min Natzeret.
His first Jewish followers believed Him to be the "Christ" or the "Messiah". These are both English adaptations of different forms of a title so loaded with meaning that it would take an entire book to get into it properly. We're not gonna do that. We'll just say that in their language, they would have called Him Yehoshua Ha Moshiyach after His Resurrection and Ascension.
The variation "Yeshua" that you commonly see and hear used as His "original" name is inaccurate. "Yeshua" is an Aramaic nickname, a shortening of Yehoshua that did not come about until after the New Testament was written. Jewish Rabbis at the time who were very Anti-Christian used it when they wrote slanderous propoganda against Yehoshua, making each letter in "Yeshua" stand for a word that made up a sentence that said nasty things about Yehoshua.
I hope that this helps everyone that has posted on or read this thread.