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Around the world, يوشع (يوشع , יהושע ) is quite a rare predominantly male, but very infrequently girly first name. The forename يوشع is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Syria, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine name, Lebanon, where it is a rare masculine name, and Israel. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Syria, Sudan, and Iraq. Much less frequently, يوشع is the last name as well as the forename.
يوشع is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Joshua , the figure in the Torah, Joshua; Joshua the High Priest , the biblical character, Book of Zechariah; Joshua Sweet , the character from Disney's Atlantis, Atlantis: The Lost Empire; Joshua Clay , the fictional character and Icarus , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, New Mutants, and in many other works.