Joshua (first name)
Joshua is a male name .
Origin and meaning
Joshua is the English form of the biblical name Joshua , derived from Yehoshua ( יהושע) from the Hebrew language . In England and Wales, Joshua was the 5th most popular first name for boys in 2008. In the United States, the short form Josh gained popularity back in the 1970s.
Name bearer
- Joshua Alba (* 1982), American actor
- Joshua Willis Alexander (1852–1936), American politician
- Joshua Baker (1799–1885), American politician
- Joshua Barnes Howell (1888–1966), American musician
- Joshua Beckley (* 1990), American poker player
- Joshua Bloch (* 1961), American software engineer and author
- Joshua Bluhm (* 1994), German bobsleigh athlete
- Joshua Breakstone (* 1955), American modern jazz guitarist
- Joshua Brenet (* 1994), Dutch football player
- Joshua Brillante (* 1993), Australian soccer player
- Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828–1914), United States Army general in the Civil War and politician
- Joshua Close (born 1981), Canadian actor
- Joshua Cohen (* 1980), American writer
- Joshua Epstein (* 1940), Israeli violinist who worked in Germany
- Joshua Filler (* 1997), German pool player
- Joshua Gatt (* 1991), American football player
- Joshua Goldstein (* 1965), American population scientist and sociologist
- Joshua Grenier (* 1979), American football player
- Joshua Groß (* 1989), German writer
- Joshua Harris (* 1974), American author and pastor
- Joshua Harrison (* 1995), Australian cyclist
- Joshua Herdman (born 1987), British actor
- Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972), Jewish scribe and religious philosopher of Polish origin
- Joshua Homme (* 1973), American rock musician
- Joshua Jackson (* 1978), Canadian actor
- Joshua John (* 1988), Dutch football player
- Josh Jooris (* 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
- Joshua Kadison (* 1963), American pop musician
- Joshua Kennedy (* 1982), Australian soccer player
- Joshua Kimmich (* 1995), German soccer player
- Joshua King (1798-1857), English mathematician
- Joshua King (* 1992), Norwegian football player
- Josh Lambo (* 1990), American football and former soccer player
- Joshua Lederberg (1925–2008), American molecular biologist and geneticist
- Joshua B. Lee (1892-1967), American politician (Democratic Party)
- Joshua Logan (1908–1988), American film and theater director
- Josh Lucas (* 1971), American actor and producer
- Joshua J. Macrae (also Josh Macrae), British drummer and record producer
- Josh Magennis (* 1990), Northern Irish football player
- Josh Maja (* 1998), Nigerian soccer player
- Joshua Malina (born 1966), American actor
- Joshua Marston (* 1968), American film director and screenwriter
- Joshua L. Martin (1799-1856), American politician (Democratic Party)
- Josh McEachran (born 1993), English soccer player
- Joshua Mees (* 1996), German soccer player
- Joshua Meyrowitz (* 1949), American communication scientist and media theorist
- Josh Morris (born 1991), English football player
- Joshua Nadeau (* 1994), French football player
- Joshua Nkomo (1917–1999), Zimbabwean politician
- Joshua Norton (1819–1880), San Francisco businessman
- Callum Joshua Ryan O'Dowda (* 1995), Irish-English football player
- Josh Onomah (born 1997), English soccer player
- Joshua Oppenheimer (* 1974), American film director
- Joshua Putze (* 1994), German soccer player
- Joshua Radin (* 1974), American musician, singer and author
- Joshua Redman (* 1969), American jazz saxophonist
- Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), English painter
- Joshua Rifkin (* 1944), American conductor and musicologist
- Joshua Rose (* 1981), Australian soccer player
- Josh Sargent (* 2000), American football player
- Josh Simpson (born 1983), Canadian soccer player
- Joshua Sinclair (* 1953), American screenwriter and director
- Joshua Slack (* 1976), Australian beach volleyball player
- Joshua Slocum (1844–1909), sailor and travel writer
- Joshua Smith (* 1992), American football player
- Joshua Steiger (* 2001), Austrian soccer player
- Joshua Suherman (* 1992), Indonesian pop musician
- Joshua Tui Tapasei (* 1979), Tuvaluan football player
- Josh Tymon (* 1999), English soccer player
- Josh Wagenaar (born 1985), Canadian soccer player
- Josh Wicks (born 1983), American football player
- Josh Windass (* 1994), English soccer player
- Josh Wolff (born 1977), American football player