Forename Joshua

All over the world, Joshua (Joshua , יהושע , ジョシュア , along with others...) is a prevalent predominantly boy's, but very seldom feminine first name. The forename Joshua is characteristic of the United States, where it is a common boy's name, Guam, and Nigeria, where it is a common dominantly masculine, but infrequently female name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Nigeria, and Tanzania. Much less frequently, Joshua is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Joshua is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Joshua

name Yehoshu'A, name Иешуа, name Jôshùa, name Ĵòŝĥűa, name Josua, name Джошуа, name Joshúa, name יהושע, name Jeshua, name Йошуа, name Josuah, name Jesus, name ジョシュア, name Jozue, name Giosuè, name Yosua, name Джош, name 乔希, name جاشوا, name Joshuah, name Joshuà, name جوش, name ジョッシュ, name 乔什, name Joosua, name Yehoshua, name Jehoschua, name ג'ושוע, name 乔舒亚, name Jôšhûâ, name ג'וש, name Joshua, name Иехошуа, name Иисус, name Jóshua, name Joshuá, name Josh, name Ĵosĥūa

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Joshua	Nigeria, Ghana, United States, Kenya, Tanzania
יהושע	Israel
ジョシュア	Japan
Джошуа	Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan
乔舒亚	China
Джош	Ukraine

First names said to be same

Giosuè, Jehoschua, Jeshua, Jesus, Joosua, Josh, Joshuah, Joshuà, Joshuá, Joshúa, Josua, Josuah, Jozue, Jóshua, Jôshùa, Jôšhûâ, Yehoshu'A, Yehoshua, Yosua, Ĵosĥūa, Ĵòŝĥűa, Иехошуа, Иешуа, Иисус, Йошуа, ג'וש, ג'ושוע, جاشوا, جوش, ジョッシュ, 乔什, and 乔希

First name Joshua in the context

Joshua is also a prevalent 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 Joshua in Islam , the islamic prophet, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	joshua ben sie High Priest of Israel at the end of the 1st century BC (b. 50)
	joshua ben gamla 1st century CE Jewish High Priest (b. 50)
	joshua ben perachiah Rabbi and Nasi of the Sanhedrin. (b. 150)
	joshua ben levi 3rd century Judean scholar of the Talmud (b. 300)
	huna b. joshua Jewish scholar (b. 400)
	joshua the stylite Iranian historian (b. 500)
	joshua ibn shuaib ES (b. 1280)
	joshua ben abraham maimuni Egyptian Jewish nagid, EG (b. 1310)
	joshua hoeschel ben jacob born 1595; died 1663 (b. 1595)
	joshua van belle Dutch politician (1637-1710), NL (b. 1637)
	joshua hoyle Professor of Divinity (b. 1588)
	joshua ben israel benveniste Ottoman rabbi (b. 1590)
	joshua warren (1594-1640) (b. 1594)
	joshua barnes British classical scholar (1654-1712), GB (b. 1654)
	joshua reynolds (born 1609) (b. 1609)

Forename Joshua

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Joshua

First names said to be same

First name Joshua in the context

Notable namesakes

Characteristic surnames