How to pronouce Joshua
Joshua ARPAbet pronounciation: JH AA1 SH UW2 AH0
Joshua IPA pronounciation: ˈʤɑˌʃuə
Joshua
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How to pronouce, type, and say Joshua
See how to say, spell, type, and pronounce Joshua.
How to spell and type Joshua
Joshua in readable ASCII: joshua
Joshua in hex: joshua
What does the name Joshua mean?
Literal translations for the name Joshua.
What does Joshua mean in English?
Joshua n 1: (Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho 2: a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses [syn: {Joshua}, {Josue}, {Book of Joshua}]
Where is the name Joshua popular?
See what countries the name Joshua is most popular in.
A person named Joshua is likely from one of the following countries:
- Australia 🇦🇺 (boy)
- Canada 🇨🇦 (boy)
- France 🇫🇷 (boy)
- Ireland 🇮🇪 (boy)
- Italy 🇮🇹 (boy)
- Netherlands 🇳🇱 (boy)
- New Zealand 🇳🇿 (boy)
- Switzerland 🇨🇭 (boy)
- United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (boy)
- United States 🇺🇸 (boy)
- United States 🇺🇸 (girl)
Can Joshua be a girls name?
See where Joshua is used as a girls name.
Joshua is sometimes used as a girls name in the following countries:
Can Joshua be a boys name?
See where Joshua is used as a boys name.
Joshua is sometimes used as a boys name in the following countries:
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- 🇺🇸 United States
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Joshua popularity by country
See how popular Joshua is for boys or girls in 11 country data sets.
In 2019 Joshua was the 89th most popular boys name in Netherlands.
In 2018 Joshua was the 176th most popular boys name in France.
In 2019 Joshua was the 34th most popular boys name in Australia.
In 2018 Joshua was the 41st most popular boys name in United States.
In 2019 Joshua was the 34th most popular boys name in New Zealand.
In 2015 Joshua was the 58th most popular boys name in Switzerland.
In 1989 Joshua was the 888th most popular girls name in United States.
In 2019 Joshua was the 54th most popular boys name in Ireland.
In 2018 Joshua was the 50th most popular boys name in Canada.
In 2018 Joshua was the 190th most popular boys name in Italy.
In 2018 Joshua was the 17th most popular boys name in United Kingdom.
What ethnicity is the name Joshua?
Global data on the ethnicity of the name Joshua.
What ethnicity is someone with the name Joshua likely to be?
- Joshua has a 0.54% chance of being East Asian
- Joshua has a 0.43% chance of being Japanese
- Joshua has a 2.52% chance of being South Asian
- Joshua has a 2.96% chance of being African
- Joshua has a 2.34% chance of being Muslim
- Joshua has a 12.38% chance of being British
- Joshua has a 1.94% chance of being Eastern European
- Joshua has a 71.28% chance of being Jewish
- Joshua has a 1.61% chance of being French
- Joshua has a 0.64% chance of being Germanic
- Joshua has a 2.10% chance of being Hispanic
- Joshua has a 1.22% chance of being Italian
- Joshua has a 0.04% chance of being Nordic
Joshua Probabilities
Gender, generation, birth year, and other predictions for the name Joshua.
What is the most common profile of a person named Joshua
Someone with the name Joshua was most likely born in 1989.
Someone with the name Joshua is most likely to be male.
Someone with the name Joshua is most likely from this generation: Millenials.
What names are similar to the name Joshua?
Find similar names to Joshua.
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