The earliest fixed use of j was in Spain. Here, soon after printing’s arrival in the 1470s, we find the shape j for the consonant and the shape i for the vowel, in all lowercase uses in the Spanish language. Thus, with no change of pronunciation, the holy name Iesus (“Hay-soos” in Spanish) came to be spelled as Jesus. The word iusticia (hoos-tee-see-a) became justicia. Modern Spanish still uses J to mean the sound “h,” Spanish H being silent.
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