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Josue - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Josue

[ syll. jo-sue, jos-ue ] The boy name Josue is pronounced JHOWSuw- KEY. Josue's language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in French and Spanish. Josue is a form of Joshua (English).

Josue is a popular baby boy name, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1970s; before that, it was of only very modest use. At the recent peak of its usage in 2007, 0.103% of baby boys were named Josue. It had a ranking of #181 then. In 2008, it ranked at #182 with a usage of 0.100%. Out of the family of boy names directly related to Josue, Joshua (English) was the most widely used. It was 9 times more popular than Josue in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Josue include Jacee (English), Jacey (English), Jaci (English), Jacie (English), Jackey (English), Jacki (English), Jackie (English), Jacky (English), Jacy (English), Jagu (Breton), Jahi (Swahili), Jaja (Igbo), Jakie (English), Jascha (Russian), Jasha (Russian), Jay-Jay (English), Jaya (Indian), Jaycee (English), Jaycey (English), and Jaycie (English).

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


 
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