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Joshua
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)ʊə/
Rank in 2024
#11,643
Born in 2024
8
Peak year
1986 · #616
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:5,244 in 2024 (#57)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 8 girls were named Joshua, about 1 in every 201,649.
- It peaked in 1986 with 307 babies, ranked #616.
- It first shows up in the records in 1968.
- 4,953 girls have been named Joshua since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Joshua per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,036 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,096 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 705 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 116 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshúa'), perhaps from הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hoshéa') with addition of יהוה (YHWH, “Yahweh”), thus meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”). By cognate a direct equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ), akin to Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshúa'), a variant of Yehoshúa'. The Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament consistently render the two Hebrew names Yehoshúa' (whence Joshua) and Yeshúa' (whence Jeshua) into Koine Greek as Iēsoûs (whence Jesus).
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname, transferred from the given name
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)ʊə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Joshua, CC BY-SA 4.0.