Joška

given name · Latin script

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

/jo˨˦ʂka/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Joška is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 52K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 76K
  • HRCroatia1 in 146K

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.

Netherlands (measured from records)

227 people

Sources
38 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 52K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Joska in CZ Czechia.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested across 30 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Joška 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 Joška is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands2271 in 76K186—3
FI Finland1071 in 52K135——
CZ Czechia≈73 est.≈1 in 148K339Joska38
HR Croatia291 in 146K29——
US United States≈25 est.≈1 in 14Mlisted—6
SI Slovenia51 in 421K10——

227 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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: MVČR — living population register 2017; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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)

Joška is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Joska, Jóska

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Joska

  • Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland

    Also written Joska

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Joska

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Joska

3 further groups 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Joška is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, cilvēks (parasti bērns, pusaudzis), kas klaiņo apkārt

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Mīļvārdiņš mazai meitenei, kas mācās staigāt

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBok Joška,Hi Joška, (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)

Attested in 8 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Joška
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)202129—
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202129#3,083
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20255#3,850
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20245#3,801
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20235#3,752
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20225#3,692
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20215#3,659
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20205#3,598
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20195#3,549
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20185#3,497
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20175#3,465
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20165#3,418

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Joška?
A machine transcription gives /jo˨˦ʂka/ (IPA) for Croatian.
Is Joška a male or female name?
Joška is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Joška have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 227 people named Joška, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Joška most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Joška is densest in Finland — about 1 in 52 thousand people — even though Netherlands holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Joška?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 227 people named Joška, about 1 in 76 thousand residents.

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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, “Joška”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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