Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Joshaua 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
Joshaua through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 209
- 209 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 16 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 7 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 229 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.
Joshaua’s family of names
In English usage, Joshaua 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.
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