Meaning of the nameJoshua

Joshua is a male name of Hebrew origin, the English form of Josué, meaning 'Yahweh is salvation'.

Meaning

“Yahweh is salvation”

Source: Wiktionary: Joshua · Behind the Name: Joshua

People (2022): 2,557
Rank in Brazil: #4,352
Median age: 11 years
2010 Census: 1,143; people

Joshua in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Joshua, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (901 people).

43 women 2,514 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Joshua is most common

States with the highest share of people named Joshua in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amazonas 0.003%
Paraná 0.002%
Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
Santa Catarina 0.002%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	587	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	278	0.002%
Minas Gerais	230	0.001%
Paraná	209	0.002%
Santa Catarina	130	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	129	0.001%
Amazonas	121	0.003%
Bahia	98	0.001%
Goiás	93	0.001%
Ceará	82	0.001%
Pernambuco	78	0.001%
Distrito Federal	73	0.003%
Espírito Santo	64	0.002%
Pará	61	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	45	0.001%
Maranhão	37	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	35	0.001%
Roraima	35	0.006%
Paraíba	34	0.001%
Mato Grosso	33	0.001%
Piauí	19	0.001%
Alagoas	18	0.001%
Rondônia	17	0.001%
Tocantins	15	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Joshua

Joshua comes from Biblical Hebrew Yehoshúa', which Wiktionary gives as perhaps linked to Hoshéa' with the addition of YHWH, and which Behind the Name explains as yeho (God) plus yasha' ('to save'), with the meaning 'Yahweh is salvation'. It is the name of Moses' successor in the Old Testament, and Josué is the Portuguese form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,557 people named Joshua, with a median age of 11. Almost all were born from 1990 onward, and the name is almost always male.

Sources

Wiktionary: Joshua · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Joshua · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Joshua

What does the name Joshua mean?

Joshua means “Yahweh is salvation”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Joshua in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,557 people with the first name Joshua, which ranks it number 4,352 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Joshua a boy's or a girl's name?

Joshua is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 43 women and 2,514 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Joshua?

Joshua is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Joshua most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.003% of the state's population is named Joshua (121 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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