>> Doubt it. While Jewish names generally had meanings, they where not used
>> as titles. Given the time period it would be like, as Invisible said,
>> titling someone "John", and expecting anyone to not go, "Oh, I know him,
>> doesn't he make sandles two streets down that way?" His *title* was
>> Christ, or Messiah. Or at least, that is what they tacked on to what
>> ever imaginary person, or poor corpse, had the luck of "founding" the
>> things. lol
>
> He was a carpenter, not a shoemaker... ;)

Wikipedia claims that "carpenter" is not a good translation. More like 
"odd job man".

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