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Josua

“the Lord is help”

masculineLatin script

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Origin: Not established
6 language contexts: Spanish German Dutch +3 more
Follow the evidence: 10 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Josua

Josua is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, German, Dutch and 3 other languages. German Wikipedia gives the meaning “the Lord is help”.

Separate records with matching spellings: Joṣua (Yoruba), Jósúa (Icelandic)

2 source accounts

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “the Lord is help”

Der Vorname Josua stammt aus der Bibel und ist hebräischen Ursprungs. Die hebräische Form ist יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (CHA: yᵉhōšūa')^(→ he) ‚Jehova ist Hilfe, Rettung, Großmut‘. In Deutschland konnte sich dieser Name nie weit verbreiten.

Sources for this account (7)

German Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q18327995CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Turkish Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedłac. Iosue < gr. Ἰησοῦς < hebr. יהושע

łac. Iosue < gr. Ἰησοῦς < hebr. יהושע

Sources for this account (1)

Polish Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Josua is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Josua’s connections around the world.

7 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2022: 5 boys (rank 12330).

Explore United States

4 of 13 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Josua

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2022: 5; applications; Rank #12,330
Peak year: 1987; 50 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Josua in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	10	3,146	observed
1972	5	4,986	observed
1973	10	3,223	observed
1974	11	3,120	observed
1975	15	2,637	observed
1976	10	3,471	observed
1977	6	5,123	observed
1978	13	3,070	observed
1979	21	2,310	observed
1980	20	2,444	observed
1981	29	1,899	observed
1982	19	2,518	observed
1983	33	1,711	observed
1984	23	2,232	observed
1985	48	1,416	observed
1986	49	1,419	observed
1987	50	1,439	observed
1988	42	1,671	observed
1989	22	2,784	observed
1990	21	2,952	observed
1991	26	2,606	observed
1992	18	3,459	observed
1993	17	3,661	observed
1994	20	3,326	observed
1995	16	3,854	observed
1996	13	4,613	observed
1997	11	5,288	observed
1998	15	4,413	observed
1999	11	5,656	observed
2000	15	4,785	observed
2001	17	4,476	observed
2002	7	8,456	observed
2003	16	4,815	observed
2004	21	4,129	observed
2005	13	5,875	observed
2006	11	6,904	observed
2007	13	6,262	observed
2008	5	12,553	observed
2009	11	7,236	observed
2010	7	9,693	observed
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	5	12,136	observed
2014	5	12,108	observed
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	5	12,185	observed
2017	5	12,246	observed
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	8	8,739	observed
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	5	12,330	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Josua” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Josua Tuisova
born 1994
Fijian rugby union player
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Tom Naudé
1889–1969
South African politician (1889-1969)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Josua with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q18327995CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences2

Wikimedia Commons: File:De-Josua.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Jozua.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates8

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Josua

Josua is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, German, Dutch and 3 other languages. German Wikipedia gives the meaning “the Lord is help”.

Separate records with matching spellings: Joṣua (Yoruba), Jósúa (Icelandic)

2 source accounts

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “the Lord is help”

Sources for this account (7)

German Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q18327995CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Turkish Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedłac. Iosue < gr. Ἰησοῦς < hebr. יהושע

łac. Iosue < gr. Ἰησοῦς < hebr. יהושע

Sources for this account (1)

Polish Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Josua is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Josua’s connections around the world.

7 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2022: 5 boys (rank 12330).

Explore United States

4 of 13 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Josua

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2022: 5; applications; Rank #12,330
Peak year: 1987; 50 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Josua in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	10	3,146	observed
1972	5	4,986	observed
1973	10	3,223	observed
1974	11	3,120	observed
1975	15	2,637	observed
1976	10	3,471	observed
1977	6	5,123	observed
1978	13	3,070	observed
1979	21	2,310	observed
1980	20	2,444	observed
1981	29	1,899	observed
1982	19	2,518	observed
1983	33	1,711	observed
1984	23	2,232	observed
1985	48	1,416	observed
1986	49	1,419	observed
1987	50	1,439	observed
1988	42	1,671	observed
1989	22	2,784	observed
1990	21	2,952	observed
1991	26	2,606	observed
1992	18	3,459	observed
1993	17	3,661	observed
1994	20	3,326	observed
1995	16	3,854	observed
1996	13	4,613	observed
1997	11	5,288	observed
1998	15	4,413	observed
1999	11	5,656	observed
2000	15	4,785	observed
2001	17	4,476	observed
2002	7	8,456	observed
2003	16	4,815	observed
2004	21	4,129	observed
2005	13	5,875	observed
2006	11	6,904	observed
2007	13	6,262	observed
2008	5	12,553	observed
2009	11	7,236	observed
2010	7	9,693	observed
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	5	12,136	observed
2014	5	12,108	observed
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	5	12,185	observed
2017	5	12,246	observed
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	8	8,739	observed
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	5	12,330	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Josua Tuisova
born 1994
Fijian rugby union player
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Tom Naudé
1889–1969
South African politician (1889-1969)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q18327995CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: JosuaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences2

Wikimedia Commons: File:De-Josua.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Jozua.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates8

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Josua

About Josua

Meaning in the sources

Where Josua is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Josua Tuisova

Tom Naudé

Giosuè

Josh

Joshua

Jozua

Jozue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Josua

About Josua

Meaning in the sources

Where Josua is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Josua Tuisova

Tom Naudé

Giosuè

Josh

Joshua

Jozua

Jozue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Josua

Meaning in the sources

Where Josua is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Josua Tuisova

Tom Naudé

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Josua

Meaning in the sources

Where Josua is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Josua Tuisova

Tom Naudé

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page