Jöshua

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/xeʃwa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jöshua is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 100th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From English Joshua, from Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhôšūaʿ).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 354(measured from records)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 489
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 554

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

939,718 people, 2020

#236 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
655 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 354 (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

JöshuaLatin(measured from records)
조슈아Hangul(measured from records)
ҶошуаCyrillic(measured from records)
ჯოშუაGeorgian(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Joshua in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Jöshua: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Jöshua
  1. EnglishJoshua(measured from records)
  2. Hebrewיְהוֹשֻׁעַyəhôšūaʿ(measured from records)

From English Joshua, from Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhôšūaʿ).

Sources 7

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jöshua counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jöshua is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#100939,7181 in 354938KJoshua655
CN China—≈930,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Joshua59
NG Nigeria#73≈390,000 est.≈1 in 554—Joshua146
GB United Kingdom#164≈75,000 est.≈1 in 8751KJoshua360
PH Philippines#225≈65,000 est.≈1 in 1.7K—Joshua180
AU Australia#88≈52,000 est.≈1 in 489263Joshua341
NZ New Zealand#142≈6,100 est.≈1 in 805—Joshua168
GY Guyana—1,6281 in 4611.6K—22

939,718 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jöshua is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name32 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, France, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Joshua, Jóshua, Joshüa, Jõshūå, Joshuã

  • Polish given name41 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, United Kingdom, Czechia

    Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

    Also written Joshua, Джошуа, Dzhoshua, Yoshua, Йошуа

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Jöshua,Hi Jöshua, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Jöshua under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Jöshua mean, and where does it come from?
From English Joshua, from Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhôšūaʿ). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 5 other sources.
How do you pronounce Jöshua?
A machine transcription gives /xeʃwa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Jöshua a male or female name?
Jöshua is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Jöshua have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 940 thousand people named Jöshua, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled joshua.
Where is Jöshua most common?
Jöshua is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 354 people carrying it.
How common is the name Jöshua?
In the United States, the national register counted 939,718 people named Jöshua in 2020, about 1 in 354 residents.
How common is Jöshua compared with other names?
In the United States, Jöshua is the 100th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jöshua” — the 100th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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