Question regarding the name of the Father

Question

I currently came across some question regarding the name of the Father in the Trinity, God the creator. I have seen that a lot of people use the tetragrammaton YHWH especially in the case of Judaism, but I also have come across Jehovah and I have others claim the name of the father to be Yahweh.

I understand that this is more Judaism focused but I think it deeply should concern us Christians partially because I have come across people all over the internet using the name of the Father to make really outlandish, blasphemous and heretical claims as to the origins of Christianity and Judaism and I personally feel very strongly about it because it not only changes how people look at Christianity and Judaism as a faith but also because it is outright disrespectful for the Abrahamic faiths in general.

And so because I want clarity on this subject I want to know if as a Christian, one should attribute the name of the Father as Jehovah or Yahweh? Because the tetragrammaton יהוה keeps the vowels hidden, but again I think it matters because people are associating different agendas to the name of the Father.

Edit: For added context as to what the claims that had been made by people is when I came across people and scholars saying that Yahweh was an ancient Canaanite God among a pantheon of gods and even saying he had a goddess wife and in this case I definitely think it matters because what in the world is happening here. People are trying to discredit the authenticity of the Abrahamic faith.

I personally think this is blasphemous and actually an attack at someone's faith and believe.

Answer 1

Consider English Translation of “JESUS” | Collins Portuguese-English Dictionary:

Language	Spelling
American English	Jesus /dˈʒizəs/
Arabic	ﻲَﺳُﻮﻋ
Brazilian Portuguese	Jesus
Chinese	耶稣
Croatian	Isus
Czech	Ježíš
Danish	Jesus
Dutch	Jezus
European Spanish	Jesús
Finnish	Jeesus
French	Jésus
German	Jesus
Greek	Ιησούς
Italian	Gesù
Japanese	イエス
Korean	예수
Norwegian	Jesus
Polish	Jezus
European Portuguese	Jesus
Romanian	Iisus
Russian	Иисус
Latin American Spanish	Jesús
Swedish	Jesus
Thai	พระเยซูคริสต์
Turkish	İsa
Ukrainian	Ісус
Vietnamese	chúa Giê-su

There are of course hundreds more languages to consider.
And the spellings themselves aren't simply how an English speaker would pronounce them (e.g. Spanish "Jesús" is pronounced "Hay ZOOSE".

And it's quite likely that Jesus's mother pronounced the name as ישוע (Yeshua), which in English is spelled "Joshua".

Acts 4:12 tells us:

(KJV) Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

(NLT) There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”

Does it really matter that almost everyone pronounces Jesus's name differently than his mother did?
If it does, then effectively no one has ever been saved, certainly not any English speaker.

Obviously it isn't the pronunciation that counts, it's one's mental association with the name that's important.

There's no reason it shouldn't be the same when pronouncing "YHWH" as "Yahweh", or "Jehova", or "Yahooh", or "God", or … .

A quote from Shakespeare “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” has important meaning which applies to the everyday life of all humans. This quote suggest that a name is just a label to distinguish one thing from another. Humans understand their world by categorizing similar things into groups and labeling them. The name really has no worth nor does the label have any meaning. The importance of a person or thing is the way it is; not because of what it is called.

— "A Rose, by any other name, would Smell as Sweet"