Josh

See Josh name rankings, ethnicity, gender, statistics, meanings, facts, country data, similar names and more.

Learn about the name Josh. See how popular Josh is in countries all over the world and whether it is used as a girls name or a boys name. Discover what Josh means in other languages and if it has any negative meanings.

Contents

  1. How do you pronounce Josh?
  2. How popular is the name Josh?
  3. What does Josh mean?
  4. In what countries is Josh popular?
  5. Is Josh a boys name?
  6. What ethnicity is the name Josh?
  7. What are similar names to Josh?
  8. What words does Josh rhyme with?

How to pronouce, type, and say Josh

See how to say, spell, type, and pronounce Josh.

How to pronouce Josh

Josh ARPAbet pronounciation: JH AA1 SH

Josh IPA pronounciation: ʤɑʃ

How to spell and type Josh

Josh in readable ASCII: josh

Josh in hex: josh

What does Josh rhyme with?

English words that rhyme with Josh.

The name Josh rhymes with:

antosh awash baasch bosh braasch
brosh brosz dosh galosh ghosh
gosh grosh hasz kosh losh
mccosh osh paasch panache posh
prakash raasch slosh squash tosh
trosch wash

What does the name Josh mean?

Literal translations for the name Josh.

What does Josh mean in English?

josh v 1: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: {kid}, {chaff}, {jolly}, {josh}, {banter}]

Where is the name Josh popular?

See what countries the name Josh is most popular in.

Can Josh be a boys name?

See where Josh is used as a boys name.

Josh popularity by country

See how popular Josh is for boys or girls in 4 country data sets.

How popular is Josh in United States as a boys name?
In 2009 Josh was the 976th most popular boys name in United States.

Josh boys name rank in United States

How popular is Josh in Ireland as a boys name?
In 2019 Josh was the 96th most popular boys name in Ireland.

Josh boys name rank in Ireland

How popular is Josh in United Kingdom as a boys name?
In 2018 Josh was the 455th most popular boys name in United Kingdom.

Josh boys name rank in United Kingdom

How popular is Josh in Netherlands as a boys name?
In 2019 Josh was the 453rd most popular boys name in Netherlands.

Josh boys name rank in Netherlands

What ethnicity is the name Josh?

Global data on the ethnicity of the name Josh.

What ethnicity is someone with the name Josh likely to be?

  • Josh has a 0.19% chance of being East Asian
  • Josh has a 0.82% chance of being Japanese
  • Josh has a 7.57% chance of being South Asian
  • Josh has a 0.22% chance of being African
  • Josh has a 0.43% chance of being Muslim
  • Josh has a 45.65% chance of being British
  • Josh has a 0.44% chance of being Eastern European
  • Josh has a 37.07% chance of being Jewish
  • Josh has a 4.12% chance of being French
  • Josh has a 0.34% chance of being Germanic
  • Josh has a 2.06% chance of being Hispanic
  • Josh has a 0.72% chance of being Italian
  • Josh has a 0.36% chance of being Nordic

Josh Probabilities

Gender, generation, birth year, and other predictions for the name Josh.

What is the most common profile of a person named Josh

Someone with the name Josh was most likely born in 1979.

Someone with the name Josh is most likely to be male.

Someone with the name Josh is most likely from this generation: Generation X.

What names are similar to the name Josh?

Find similar names to Josh.