Joshua (name)

This article is about the given name. For people with the surname, see Joshua (surname).
Joshua (name)
Joshua and the Israelite people by Karolingischer Buchmaler, c.840
Pronunciation/ˈdʒɒʃuə/[1]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameHebrew (יהושע‎ Yehoshua)
Meaning"YHWH is salvation"
Region of originMiddle East
Other names
Related namesJesus, Josue, Josh, Jason, Yeshua, Joseph
[2][3][4]

Joshua is a given name derived from the Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ‎ (Modern: Yəhōšūaʿ, Tiberian: Yŏhōšūaʿ),[5] prominently belonging to Joshua, an early Hebrew leader of the Exodus period who has a major role in several books of the Bible. In later periods, a common alternative form of the name was Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ‎, Yēšūaʿ‍) which corresponds to the Greek spelling Ἰησοῦς (Iesous), from which, through the Latin Iesus, comes the English spelling Jesus.[6][7] As a result of the origin of the name, a majority of people before the 17th century who have this name were Jewish. A variant, truncated form of the name, Josh, gained popularity in the United States in the 1920s.

Popularity

Information from the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics from 2003 to 2007 shows "Joshua" among the top-five given names for newborn males.[8] In Scotland, the popularity of "Joshua" has been substantially lower than in the rest of the United Kingdom, appearing at rank 35 in 2000 and rising to rank 22 in 2006.[9][10]

Biblical figures

  • Joshua, leader of the Israelites after the death of Moses
  • Jesus, known in his own tongue as Yeshua, an Aramaic form of Yehoshua (Joshua)
  • Joshua the High Priest, High Priest ca. 515–490 BC after the return of the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity
  • Joshua, aka Jose or Jesus, was the son of Eliezer, who was the son of Jorim. Joshua's name is sometimes translated as Jesus.[11] He is also the father of Er and an ancestor of Jesus Christ.

Ancient world

Ordered chronologically
  • Joshua ben Perachiah (given name יהושע‎ = Yehoshua), Nasi (prince) of the Sanhedrin in the latter half of the 2nd century BC
  • Joshua ben Hananiah (given name יהושע‎ = Yehoshua) (died 131), a tanna (sage)
  • Joshua ben Levi, Jewish amora (scholar) in the first half of the third century
  • Joshua the Stylite, author of a chronicle of the war between the Later Roman Empire and the Persians between 502 and 506

Medieval period

Modern era

Pre-20th century

20th and 21st centuries

Fictional characters

  • Josh Bauer (24), a minor character in season 6 of the American television series 24
  • Joshua Bright, a main character in the video game The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
  • Joshua Burgin, a recurring character who dated Rachel Green in the fourth season of the sitcom Friends
  • Joshua Christopher, in the anime Chrono Crusade
  • Joshua Clay, a DC Comics character also known as Tempest
  • Joshua Deets, a recurring character in the Lonesome Dove American novel series
  • Joshua Cairn, the main character and antagonist in the 2007 movie Joshua
  • Joshua "Josh" Faraday, one from titular characters from remake of western The Magnificent Seven
  • Joshua Foley, Marvel Comics character also known as Elixir
  • Joshua Graham, a central character in the Honest Hearts expansion of Fallout: New Vegas
  • Joshua Giraffe, a song by Raffi from his 1980 album Baby Beluga
  • Josh Goodwin, from the British soap opera EastEnders
  • Josh Lyman, a character in the American television series The West Wing
  • Joshua "Josh" Matthews, a recurring character in the American TV series Girl Meets World
  • Dr. Josh Nichols, a character from Brilliant Minds
  • Joshua Waits, a main protagonist of the film Troll 2
  • Joshua "Josh" Washington, one of eight protagonists from the survival horror game Until Dawn
  • Josh Wheeler, main character in the 2019 Netflix series Daybreak
  • Josh Wilcox, a recurring ex boyfriend of Maddie Rooney in the Disney Channel series Liv and Maddie
  • Joshua, a computer from WarGames
  • Joshua, a character who is Jake the Dog's father in the TV series Adventure Time
  • Joshua, in the TV series Dark Angel

See also

References

  1. ^ Joshua at Oxford Dictionaries Online
  2. ^ A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament Francis Brown, with S.R. Driver and C.A. Briggs, based on the lexicon of William Gesenius. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 221 & 446
  3. ^ Blue Letter Bible. "Dictionary and Word Search for Yĕhowshuwa` (Strong's 03091)". Blue Letter Bible. 1996–2008. 16 Feb 2008. http://cf.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=H3091 Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Behind the name – Joshua- feminine form http://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/39476
  5. ^ Khan, Geoffrey (2020). The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1783746767.
  6. ^ Ilan, Tal (2002). Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity Part I: Palestine 330 BCE–200 CE (Texte und Studien zum Antiken Judentum 91). Tübingen, Germany: J.C.B. Mohr. p. 129.
  7. ^ Stern, David (1992). Jewish New Testament Commentary. Clarksville, Maryland: Jewish New Testament Publications. pp. 4–5.
  8. ^ "Top 100 names for baby boys in England and Wales". National Statistics Online. Office for National Statistics. 2007-12-19. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2008-02-17. (#2 2003–2005; #3 2006; #4 2007)
  9. ^ "Top 100 boys' and names, Scotland, 2000 (provisional) – listed alphabetically" (PDF). Occasional papers. General Register Office for Scotland. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-25.
  10. ^ "Top 100 boys' and names, Scotland, 2000 (provisional) – listed alphabetically" (PDF). Occasional papers. General Register Office for Scotland. 2006-12-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.
  11. ^ "Bible Gateway passage: Luke 3:29 - American Standard Version". Bible Gateway. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
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