He didn't. It's basically a Westernized form of the name Yehoshua which literally means 'God delivers' in Hebrew-Aramaic.
Another answer
The Father called him "my son." An angel told Mary to call him Jesus (Yeshuah).
Son of God.
Christians would call Jesus the son of the Highest, because Christians believe that Jesus was the son of God.
Jesus is The SON of God Jesus is The SON of God
All Christians call Jesus the son of God. This is a basic belief of Christianity.If a group doesn't call Jesus the son of God then I would say they are not Christian.Romans 1:3 ..........concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,Romans 1:4 and declared to be the Son of Godwith power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
The Lord (Capitalized) The Son of God
In Mark's Gospel, Jesus was wholly human, the adopted son of God from the time of his baptism. In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Jesus was the son of God from the time of his divine conception. In John's Gospel, Jesus was the divine son of God since eternity.
We call HIM GOD the father God the son God the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ,Lord and Savior,
No, Jesus did not say, "I am not the Son of God." According to Christian beliefs, Jesus is considered the Son of God.
The SUN god is Horus. (Egypt) The son OF god is Jesus.
In Mark's Gospel, only outsiders call Jesus the Son of God. Another example occurs in Mark 3:11-12, when the demons fall down and call Jesus the Son of God, but Jesus is quick to instruct them to tell no one, thus no more than an implied admission. In Mark 15:39, the centurion also exclaims, "Truly this man was the Son of God."
jesus is god's son
Judaism does not believe Jesus is the son of god or the messiah. Islam believes in Jesus, just that he is not the son of God but a prophet like Muhammad.