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Josua - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Josua

[ syll. jo-sua, jos-ua ] The boy name Josua is pronounced JHOWSuwah KEY. Josua's language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian. Josua is a form of Joshua (English).

Josua is an uncommon baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly related to Josua, Joshua (English) was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Josua include Jakow (Russian), Jasio (Polish), Jesaja (German), Jeshua (Hebrew), Jesuso (Spanish), Joahas (German), Joahaz (English), Joesiah (English), Joschua (German), Joshua (English), Josiah (English), Josias (English and German), Jozsua (Hungarian), Giosia (Italian), Giosue (Italian), Giosuè (Italian), Jacee (English), Jacey (English), Jaci (English), and Jacie (English).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Josua: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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