Joshua Forename
635th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,264,421 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nauru
Joshua Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew Jehoshea ‘Jah saves’. Jesus and Jeshua are variant transliterations of the same Hebrew name, which was a favourite in post-exilic Israel. Joshua came into use as a christian name in England after the Reformation. In Spanish America Jesus has been used as a christian name, probably given to children born on the feast of the Sacred Name of Jesus.
Read More About This ForenameJoshua Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 458,943 | 1:790 | 160 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 219,161 | 1:810 | 125 |
| Kenya | 100% | 115,901 | 1:400 | 68 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 75,220 | 1:702 | 154 |
| Ghana | 100% | 72,086 | 1:374 | 72 |
| Uganda | 99% | 50,640 | 1:809 | 139 |
| Philippines | 98% | 47,606 | 1:2,227 | 445 |
| England | 100% | 27,325 | 1:2,035 | 339 |
| Malawi | 99% | 18,868 | 1:907 | 198 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 18,526 | 1:833 | 148 |
| Zambia | - | 15,879 | 1:998 | 228 |
| South Africa | 100% | 14,618 | 1:3,731 | 719 |
| Australia | - | 14,259 | 1:958 | 208 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 12,421 | 1:656 | 76 |
| Canada | 100% | 11,697 | 1:2,833 | 535 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 11,476 | 1:618 | 150 |
| India | 100% | 5,788 | 1:209,896 | 21,531 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 5,559 | 1:2,046 | 442 |
| Thailand | 100% | 5,525 | 1:12,682 | 1,955 |
| Liberia | 99% | 5,200 | 1:848 | 163 |
| Sudan | 100% | 4,958 | 1:7,625 | 1,084 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 4,592 | 1:6,631 | 759 |
| Indonesia | 96% | 3,853 | 1:66,951 | 8,084 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,814 | 1:1,612 | 349 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,766 | 1:7,813 | 1,033 |
| Mexico | 97% | 2,190 | 1:56,687 | 1,988 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,139 | 1:1,348 | 335 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,116 | 1:101,246 | 5,602 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,918 | 1:8,812 | 1,139 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,672 | 1:27,829 | 1,443 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,509 | 1:1,448 | 267 |
| Wales | 97% | 1,481 | 1:2,089 | 373 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,191 | 1:133,889 | 8,095 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,079 | 1:89,600 | 1,978 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,037 | 1:36,670 | 1,080 |
| Singapore | 100% | 912 | 1:6,894 | 1,229 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 911 | 1:5,234 | 659 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 862 | 1:1,579 | 302 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 858 | 1:24,241 | 3,095 |
| China | - | 740 | 1:1,846,021 | 41,564 |
| Chile | 100% | 733 | 1:24,021 | 1,207 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 712 | 1:816 | 163 |
| Fiji | - | 691 | 1:1,291 | 328 |
| Vanuatu | - | 689 | 1:380 | 74 |
| Panama | 100% | 660 | 1:5,919 | 959 |
| Scotland | 99% | 573 | 1:9,337 | 672 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 544 | 1:19,175 | 1,820 |
| South Korea | 92% | 493 | 1:11,246 | 1,351 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 487 | 1:62,016 | 3,366 |
| Ecuador | - | 457 | 1:38,790 | 1,571 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 443 | 1:36,362 | 1,472 |
| Swaziland | - | 436 | 1:2,982 | 627 |
| Japan | - | 411 | 1:311,402 | 8,728 |
| Guyana | 100% | 403 | 1:1,894 | 358 |
| Sweden | 100% | 352 | 1:28,005 | 1,768 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 345 | 1:452 | 122 |
| Namibia | - | 336 | 1:7,155 | 954 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 329 | 1:224,400 | 9,598 |
| Egypt | - | 325 | 1:282,772 | 9,197 |
| France | 100% | 321 | 1:207,073 | 3,302 |
| Samoa | - | 320 | 1:610 | 177 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 281 | 1:7,260 | 1,063 |
| Kuwait | - | 247 | 1:15,325 | 1,724 |
| Hong Kong | - | 239 | 1:32,438 | 2,385 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 229 | 1:31,231 | 3,029 |
| Italy | 99% | 220 | 1:277,555 | 3,563 |
| Belgium | 100% | 218 | 1:52,707 | 2,519 |
| Guam | - | 216 | 1:744 | 143 |
| Peru | 94% | 204 | 1:155,840 | 4,577 |
| Portugal | - | 203 | 1:51,285 | 1,756 |
| Ireland | 100% | 201 | 1:23,102 | 1,065 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 195 | 1:42,120 | 2,016 |
| Bahamas | - | 187 | 1:2,136 | 468 |
| Czechia | 92% | 183 | 1:58,230 | 898 |
| Oman | - | 176 | 1:23,345 | 1,830 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 172 | 1:578 | 64 |
| Suriname | 100% | 165 | 1:3,350 | 773 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Malta | - | 159 | 1:2,700 | 465 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 145 | 1:377 | 55 |
| Denmark | - | 144 | 1:39,233 | 1,664 |
| Belize | 100% | 130 | 1:2,725 | 625 |
| Grenada | 100% | 125 | 1:865 | 157 |
| Iraq | - | 116 | 1:301,878 | 4,283 |
| Nicaragua | 92% | 115 | 1:52,333 | 2,500 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 106 | 1:17,388 | 933 |
| Micronesia | - | 87 | 1:1,224 | 191 |
| Benin | 100% | 82 | 1:128,974 | 7,252 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 81 | 1:43,831 | 1,307 |
| Qatar | 100% | 77 | 1:30,774 | 4,184 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 72 | 1:2,470 | 460 |
| Honduras | 100% | 70 | 1:125,964 | 3,653 |
| Nauru | 100% | 70 | 1:170 | 12 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 66 | 1:360,147 | 24,059 |
| Brunei | 100% | 60 | 1:6,993 | 634 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 60 | 1:1,022 | 226 |
| Norway | 100% | 60 | 1:85,539 | 2,933 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 60 | 1:3,239,295 | 37,202 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Russia | 100% | 58 | 1:2,486,788 | 15,554 |
| Austria | 100% | 53 | 1:160,645 | 2,691 |
| Mozambique | - | 49 | 1:555,987 | 1,346 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:235,735 | 640 |
| Finland | 100% | 44 | 1:124,618 | 2,648 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 38 | 1:2,888 | 545 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 34 | 1:959,515 | 12,037 |
| Colombia | 100% | 33 | 1:1,447,846 | 14,049 |
| American Samoa | - | 32 | 1:1,745 | 269 |
| Gibraltar | - | 32 | 1:1,067 | 230 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:1,653 | 240 |
| Romania | 100% | 31 | 1:646,838 | 17,865 |
| El Salvador | - | 29 | 1:218,682 | 2,993 |
| Bermuda | - | 26 | 1:2,493 | 518 |
| Guernsey | - | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 26 | 1:4,292 | 768 |
| Burundi | 100% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Barbados | - | 22 | 1:13,172 | 1,234 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 22 | 1:825 | 130 |
| Jersey | - | 21 | 1:4,761 | 588 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 21 | 1:4,410,624 | 3,539 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 18 | 1:1,928 | 471 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Congo | 67% | 15 | 1:333,947 | 6,940 |
| Iceland | 100% | 15 | 1:24,401 | 1,622 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 15 | 1:375,171 | 5,607 |
| Hungary | 100% | 14 | 1:699,412 | 2,334 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 14 | 1:3,919 | 735 |
| Cambodia | - | 12 | 1:1,356,111 | 18,849 |
| Myanmar | - | 12 | 1:4,329,023 | 1,400 |
| Turkey | 100% | 11 | 1:7,072,883 | 27,150 |
| Ukraine | - | 10 | 1:4,549,991 | 8,360 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 9 | 1:2,042,163 | 43,570 |
| Haiti | - | 9 | 1:1,191,884 | 16,425 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 9 | 1:2,563,993 | 53,027 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 9 | 1:62,672 | 2,160 |
| Mali | 100% | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| Paraguay | 83% | 9 | 1:804,089 | 6,114 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Belarus | 100% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Greece | 100% | 8 | 1:1,366,818 | 10,115 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 8 | 1:307,345 | 4,581 |
| Guinea | 100% | 7 | 1:1,694,092 | 4,404 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 7 | 1:45,448 | 2,099 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Cape Verde | - | 4 | 1:132,288 | 3,925 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Kiribati | - | 4 | 1:28,348 | 503 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Tuvalu | - | 4 | 1:2,783 | 28 |
| Argentina | - | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Niger | - | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | 83% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Jóshua (2) are calculated separately.
Joshua (224,347) may also be a surname.
Joshua Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew Jehoshea ‘Jah saves’. Jesus and Jeshua are variant transliterations of the same Hebrew name, which was a favourite in post-exilic Israel. Joshua came into use as a christian name in England after the Reformation. In Spanish America Jesus has been used as a christian name, probably given to children born on the feast of the Sacred Name of Jesus.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Originally Jehoshea: Hoshea, ‘salvation,’ + Je, ‘the Lord,’ the whole (in Hebrew) therefore meaning ‘the Lord (is my) salvation,’ a fitting name for him who led the Israelites to the Promised Land.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Y’hoshua, from’Yhov-shuá, whose help or salvation is Jehovah. The Greek form is Ιησους.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (masculine) - God is my help.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Josh'-u-ah, the lord, the saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, and born A. M. 2460. He devoted himself to the service of Moses, and in Scripture is frequently called his servant Exod. xxiv. 13. He led the people of Israel into Canaan, having succeeded Moses.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: Jehova is salvation.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: The Lord is salvation: whose help is Yahveh.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Joshua Forename Popularity
Joshua Demographics
Average Joshua Salary in
United States
$40,817 USD
Per year
Rank:
239,723 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.110158
Rank: 185 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
93.77%
Sample size: 222,479 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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