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Yeshua - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Yeshua

[ syll. yes-hua, ye-sh-ua ] The boy name Yeshua is pronounced Yih-SHuwah KEY. Yeshua has its origins in the Hebrew language, and it is used largely in Hebrew and Yiddish. Yeshua is a variant form of the English Joshua.

Yeshua is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly related to Yeshua, the English Joshua was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Yeshua include the Japanese Yasushi, the Japanese Yoshio, the English Yoshua, the Japanese Yukiko, the Japanese Yukio, the Japanese Yukiyo, the Arabic Yushua, the Polish Jozio, the Polish Juziu, the English Ulyses, the Spanish Yago, the name Yakez, the Russian Yashko, the Yiddish Yehoshua, the Hebrew Yeshayahu, the Russian Yeska, the Russian Yesya, the Hebrew Yishai, the Japanese Yoshi, and the Japanese Yoshiaki.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Yeshua: Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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