Meaning of the nameJosué

Josué is a male name of Hebrew origin, the Portuguese form of Yehoshua, which means 'Yahweh is salvation'.

Meaning

“'Yahweh is salvation', from Hebrew Yehoshua”

People (2022): 112,149
Rank in Brazil: #288
Median age: 28 years
2010 Census: 91,762; people

Josué in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Josué, 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 (18,970 people).

737 women 111,412 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 Josué is most common

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

Roraima 0.130%
Amazonas 0.122%
Acre 0.121%
Amapá 0.110%
Pará 0.109%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	17,388	0.039%
Minas Gerais	8,914	0.043%
Pará	8,814	0.109%
Bahia	8,500	0.060%
Rio de Janeiro	8,480	0.053%
Ceará	5,770	0.066%
Maranhão	5,636	0.083%
Pernambuco	5,306	0.059%
Rio Grande do Sul	5,190	0.048%
Amazonas	4,791	0.122%
Paraná	4,502	0.039%
Goiás	4,188	0.059%
Santa Catarina	3,915	0.051%
Espírito Santo	2,213	0.058%
Piauí	2,174	0.067%
Mato Grosso	2,059	0.056%
Paraíba	2,009	0.051%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,926	0.058%
Distrito Federal	1,697	0.060%
Alagoas	1,390	0.044%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,365	0.050%
Rondônia	1,297	0.082%
Tocantins	1,083	0.072%
Acre	1,001	0.121%
Sergipe	907	0.041%
Roraima	827	0.130%
Amapá	807	0.110%

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

About the name Josué

Josué is a learned borrowing from Latin Iōsuē, which comes from Hebrew יהושע (Yehoshua). According to Behind the Name, the Hebrew name means 'Yahweh is salvation'. In the Old Testament, it is the name of Moses' companion who leads the Israelites after his death, and also of a biblical book. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 112,149 people named Josué, a name almost always male, with a median age of 28. Proportionally, it is most common in Roraima, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records the spelling variants Jozué, Josuer and Jozuer.

Sources

Wiktionary: Josué (Portuguese) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Joshua · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Josué · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Josué

What does the name Josué mean?

Josué means “'Yahweh is salvation', from Hebrew Yehoshua”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Josué in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 112,149 people with the first name Josué, which ranks it number 288 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Josué a boy's or a girl's name?

Josué is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 737 women and 111,412 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Josué?

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

In which Brazilian state is Josué most common?

Proportionally, in Roraima: 0.130% of the state's population is named Josué (827 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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