Forename Josua

Worldwide, Josua (Josua , יהושע , ジョシュア ) is a common predominantly male, but scarcely female first name. The first name Josua is characteristic of Fiji, where it is quite a common masculine name, Namibia, and Indonesia, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, Nigeria, and Philippines. Very seldom, Josua is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Josua

name Йосуа, name Josh, name 乔什, name Jošua, name Джошуа, name Jozue, name Josúa, name Joshua, name ジョシュア, name ג'וש, name ג'ושוע, name Josûa, name Джош, name ジョッシュ, name Josua, name Giosuè, name Josuá, name Josuâ, name יהושע, name 乔舒亚, name جوش, name جوشوا

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Josua	Philippines, Namibia, South Africa, Nigeria, Indonesia
יהושע	Israel
ジョシュア	Japan

First names said to be same

Giosuè, Josh, Joshua, Josuá, Josuâ, Josúa, Josûa, Jozue, Jošua, Джош, Джошуа, Йосуа, ג'וש, ג'ושוע, جوش, جوشوا, ジョッシュ, 乔什, and 乔舒亚

First name Josua in the context

Josua is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Joshua , the figure in the Torah, Joshua; Josua , the operatic character in the opera Ritter Blaubart by Emil von Reznicek; Bluebeard's blind servant; Joshua the High Priest , the biblical character, Book of Zechariah; Joshua Sweet , the character from Disney's Atlantis, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Joshua Clay , the fictional character, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	josua levita author (15th century) (b. 1401)
	josua maaler Swiss pastor and lexicographer (1529-1599), CH (b. 1529)
	josua opitz German theologian, DE (b. 1542)
	josua loener German theologian, DE (b. 1535)
	josua kessler (b. 1527)
	josua stegmann German theologian, DE (b. 1588)
	josua harnisch (b. 1550)
	josua arnd German historian and theologian (1626-1687), DE (b. 1626)
	josua rendorp (b. 1580)
	josua van den ende (b. 1584)
	josua grimm CH (b. 1587)
	josua hager (b. 1602)
	josua wetter (1622-1656) (b. 1622)
	josua schwartz German theologian, DE (b. 1632)
	josua de grave Dutch Golden Age painter (1643-1712), NL (b. 1643)

Forename Josua

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Josua

First names said to be same

First name Josua in the context

Notable namesakes

Characteristic surnames