Joash - Meaning of Joash

What does Joash mean?

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[ 2 syll. joa-(s)(h), jo-ash ] The baby boy name Joash is pronounced JHOW-ae-SH (English) †. Joash is of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly in English. The name Joash means 'fire of Yahweh'. It is a biblical name derived from yahweh 'name of God' ; esh which means 'fire'. An old form of the name is Jehoash (Hebrew). The name is of obscure meaning. The name was borne in the Bible by a king of Judah, a king of Israel, and six other persons.

Forms of Joash include the German Joas, the name Joashe, and the Hebrew Yoash.

See also the related form, the German Jahwe.

See also the related categories, king, yahweh (god), fire, biblical, hebrew, and obscure.

Joash is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Joash include J.C., Jacee, Jacey, Jaci, Jacie, Jackee, Jackey, Jacki, Jackie, Jacko, Jacky, Jacquay, Jacquez, Jacqui, Jacy, Jae-Hwa, Jaggy, Jago, Jagu, and Jahee.

† Pronunciation for Joash: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)"