Given name & surname
Iosua
Iosua is a masculine given name from Bible. It is used in Hawaiian and Latin.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Iosua through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 23 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 210 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Iosua’s family of names
In Scottish Gaelic usage, Iosua has a conventional equivalent in the German form Josua. In Latin usage, Iosua has a related form in Josua. In Scottish Gaelic usage, Iosua has a conventional equivalent in the French form Josué.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Iosua has relatives in 4 languages.
2 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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