What does the "H" in Jesus H Christ stand for?

"Hoax"

The honest answer is that no one really knows for sure. The Straight Dope suggests that none of the proposed etymologies sound especially more convincing than the others. Wikipedia is also uncertain, but leans toward it coming from "the divine monogram of Christian symbolism", which consists of the first three letters of Jesus's name. The middle letter transliterates to an H, and the whole thing was backronymed later on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_H._Christ

Jesus H. Christ is an example of slang serving as a profanity.[1]

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The expression dates to at least the late 19th century, although according to Mark Twain it was already old in 1850.[2][Need quotation to verify]

Using the name of Jesus Christ as an oath has been common for many centuries, but the precise origins of the letter H in the expression Jesus H. Christ are obscure. While many explanations have been proposed, some serious and some not, the most widely accepted derivation is from the divine monogram of Christian symbolism. The symbol, derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus (Ιησούς), is transliterated IHS, ΙΗϹ (with lunate sigma), JHS or JHC. Since the transliteration IHS gave rise to the backronym Iesus Hominum Salvator (Latin for "Jesus, savior of men"), it is plausible that JHC similarly led to Jesus Harold Christ[3], Harold coming from the mispronunciation of the word "hallowed" of the Lord's Prayer: "Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name". The H has also been said to stand for "Holy".

Basically, it's just humans being morons.

Hulahay

Holy, for Jesus is Holy:

and be careful for by doing this you can curse you family, kids and grandkids and so on.

Deuteronomy 12:28

Be careful to obey all these regulations I am giving you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

play with fire not only you will get burned, do you wish to curse your children?

Haji Christ

Hallelujah

Horace. God told me His only begotten son's name was Jesus Horace Benjamin Lucifer St. John the Christ.

But that was too many middle initals so people only use the H.

Hendlessly Hrepeated Hstupid Hquestions.

That's what it means! =D

Just FYI, Christ is not his surname. It means anointed. And Yeshua is closer to the name of the actual dude.

Am I correct, R&S philologists?

Hernandez

Holy.

Just like Gorkbark H Porkduke is really Gorkbark Holy Porkduke.