Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Johsua isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Johsua through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 266
- 266 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 22 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 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 213 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.
Johsua’s family of names
In English usage, Johsua has a conventional equivalent in the German form Josua.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Johsua, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Jonathon
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>99% boys
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>99% boys
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“a handsome man”
>99% boys
Jacques
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>99% boys
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Julio
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>99% boys