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 [ syll. yos-hua, yo-sh-ua ] The boy name Yoshua is pronounced YOW-SHuwah KEY. Yoshua has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in English. Yoshua is a variant form of the English Joshua. Yoshua is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly related to Yoshua, the English Joshua was the most frequently used. Baby names that sound like Yoshua include the Japanese Yasushi, the Hebrew and Yiddish Yeshua, the Japanese Yoshio, 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 pronunciation for Yoshua: Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
