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Giosuè (Italian), Jesus (English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish), Jesús (Spanish), Josua (German), and Josue (French and Spanish) are variant forms of Joshua. Josh (short form in English) is another variant of Joshua. Joshua is very popular as a baby boy name. The name's popularity jumped from the 1930s up to the 1980s. At the peak of its usage in 1985, 2.195% of baby boys were given the name Joshua. It was #4 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a fall in popularity since then. In 2007, its usage was 0.929% and its ranking #4, but it was nonetheless the most popular out of all boy names in its family. In 2007, Joshua was thrice as popular as the next most popular name, Jesus (English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish). The name Joshua has primarily been a boy name, though it has also been given to girls in the last century. In 1989, 202 times as many boys than girls were given the name Joshua. Baby names that sound like Joshua include Joahaz (English), Josiah (English), Josias (German), Josua (German), Giosuè (Italian), Jackie (English), Jacky (English), Jascha (Russian), Jehoahaz (English), Jesse (English and German), Jessie (English), Jessy (English and German), Jesus (English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish), Jesús (Spanish), Joa (English), Joah (English and German), Joas (German), João (Portuguese), Joey (English), Josia (German), Josue (French and Spanish), Juho (Finnish), Jussi (Finnish), Géza (German and Hungarian), Jace (English), Jack (English), Jai (Indian), Jake (English), Jay (English), Jelle (Dutch), Jess (English), Jo (Dutch, German, and English), Joash (English), Joe (English and French), Joos (Dutch), Josh (English), and Gye (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Joshua: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" Details of famous persons named Joshua:
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