Joshua is a
given name derived from the
Hebrewיְהוֹשֻׁעַ (
Modern:Yəhōšūaʿ,
Tiberian:Yŏhōšūaʿ),[5] prominently belonging to
Joshua, an early Hebrew leader of the Exodus period who has a major role in several books of the Bible. The name was a common alternative form of the name יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēšūaʿ) which corresponds to the Greek spelling Ἰησοῦς (Iesous), from which, through the Latin Iesus, comes the English spelling
Jesus.[6][7] As a result of the origin of the name, a majority of people before the 17th century who have this name were Jewish. A variant, truncated form of the name, Josh, gained popularity in the United States in the 1920s.
Information from the United Kingdom's
Office for National Statistics from 2003 to 2007 shows "Joshua" among the top-five given names for newborn males.[8] In
Scotland, the popularity of "Joshua" has been substantially lower than in the rest of the United Kingdom, appearing at rank 35 in 2000 and rising to rank 22 in 2006.[9][10]
Biblical figures
Joshua, leader of the Israelites after the death of Moses
Jesus, known in his own tongue as Yeshua, an
Aramaic form of Yehoshua (Joshua)
Joshua the High Priest, High Priest ca. 515–490 BC after the return of the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity
Ancient world
Ordered chronologically
Joshua ben Perachiah (given name יהושע = Yehoshua), Nasi (prince) of the Sanhedrin in the latter half of the 2nd century BC
Joshua ben Hananiah (given name יהושע = Yehoshua) (died 131), a tanna (sage)
Joshua ben Levi, Jewish amora (scholar) in the first half of the third century
Joshua the Stylite, author of a chronicle of the war between the Later Roman Empire and the Persians between 502 and 506
Medieval period
Joshua Lorki (fl. c. 1400), Spanish-Jewish physician
^A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament Francis Brown, with S.R. Driver and C.A. Briggs, based on the lexicon of William Gesenius. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 221 & 446
^Khan, Geoffrey (2020). The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. Open Book Publishers.
ISBN978-1783746767.
^Ilan, Tal (2002). Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity Part I: Palestine 330 BCE–200 CE (Texte und Studien zum Antiken Judentum 91). Tübingen, Germany: J.C.B. Mohr. p. 129.
^Stern, David (1992). Jewish New Testament Commentary. Clarksville, Maryland: Jewish New Testament Publications. pp. 4–5.
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
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Joshua is a
given name derived from the
Hebrewיְהוֹשֻׁעַ (
Modern:Yəhōšūaʿ,
Tiberian:Yŏhōšūaʿ),[5] prominently belonging to
Joshua, an early Hebrew leader of the Exodus period who has a major role in several books of the Bible. The name was a common alternative form of the name יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēšūaʿ) which corresponds to the Greek spelling Ἰησοῦς (Iesous), from which, through the Latin Iesus, comes the English spelling
Jesus.[6][7] As a result of the origin of the name, a majority of people before the 17th century who have this name were Jewish. A variant, truncated form of the name, Josh, gained popularity in the United States in the 1920s.
Information from the United Kingdom's
Office for National Statistics from 2003 to 2007 shows "Joshua" among the top-five given names for newborn males.[8] In
Scotland, the popularity of "Joshua" has been substantially lower than in the rest of the United Kingdom, appearing at rank 35 in 2000 and rising to rank 22 in 2006.[9][10]
Biblical figures
Joshua, leader of the Israelites after the death of Moses
Jesus, known in his own tongue as Yeshua, an
Aramaic form of Yehoshua (Joshua)
Joshua the High Priest, High Priest ca. 515–490 BC after the return of the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity
Ancient world
Ordered chronologically
Joshua ben Perachiah (given name יהושע = Yehoshua), Nasi (prince) of the Sanhedrin in the latter half of the 2nd century BC
Joshua ben Hananiah (given name יהושע = Yehoshua) (died 131), a tanna (sage)
Joshua ben Levi, Jewish amora (scholar) in the first half of the third century
Joshua the Stylite, author of a chronicle of the war between the Later Roman Empire and the Persians between 502 and 506
Medieval period
Joshua Lorki (fl. c. 1400), Spanish-Jewish physician
^A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament Francis Brown, with S.R. Driver and C.A. Briggs, based on the lexicon of William Gesenius. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 221 & 446
^Khan, Geoffrey (2020). The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. Open Book Publishers.
ISBN978-1783746767.
^Ilan, Tal (2002). Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity Part I: Palestine 330 BCE–200 CE (Texte und Studien zum Antiken Judentum 91). Tübingen, Germany: J.C.B. Mohr. p. 129.
^Stern, David (1992). Jewish New Testament Commentary. Clarksville, Maryland: Jewish New Testament Publications. pp. 4–5.
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.