Given name
Jeshua
“salvation”·“saved”
Jeshua is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewישוע
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Jeshua means “salvation” or “saved.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Jeshua is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb yasha' (ישע), “to save.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jeshua appears in Nehemiah 8:17, Numbers 13:16, Nehemiah 8:7 and 3 other passages.
- Nehemiah 8:17
- Numbers 13:16
- Nehemiah 8:7
- 2 Chronicles 31:15
- Nehemiah 12:1
- Nehemiah 11:26
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Jeshua through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,628
- 2,623 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 165 babies
- 2025
- 51
- #2,585 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 51 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,585 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 165 in 2007. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,043 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jeshua’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 18
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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