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Joshus
How to Pronounce Joshus
Pronounced JOSH-us /ΛdΚΙΚΙs/Medium
Meaning: Joshus is a rare form of Joshua, most likely a shortened or altered spelling that dropped the final a. Joshua comes from the Hebrew Yehoshua, 'Yahweh is salvation,' the name of the leader who succeeded Moses. Joshus carries that meaning while looking like a clipped variant.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Joshus is an uncommon form of Joshua, whose Hebrew source Yehoshua means 'Yahweh is salvation.' In the Bible Joshua led Israel into the promised land. Joshus reads as a clipped or altered spelling of that classic; it appeared in small numbers during Joshua's late-century peak and never became established on its own.
Joshus was always vanishingly rare in the United States, given to only about twenty boys a year at its brief peak around 1988, while Joshua was near the top of the charts. A boy named Joshus then is in his late thirties today.
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What does the name Joshus mean?
It is a rare form of Joshua, from the Hebrew Yehoshua, 'Yahweh is salvation.'
How do you pronounce Joshus?
It is said JOSH-us /ΛdΚΙΚΙs/, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Joshus a boy or girl name?
Joshus is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Joshus?
It has always been extremely rare in the United States, given to only about twenty boys a year even at its peak in the late nineteen-eighties, while Joshua was hugely popular.