Josue

Josue: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Yahweh is salvation”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
ho-SWEH · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

Spanish and Portuguese form of Joshua, from Hebrew Yehoshua. In English, the spelling is often written Josué with an accent in Spanish contexts.

How popular is Josue?

2024342 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Josue in 20241,140

2024 rank#294 boys

Peak year2007

Total US babies since 188056,837

Josue has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Josue

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JoshuaYahweh is salvation · Hebrew
  • YeshuaGod is salvation · Hebrew
  • JoshYahweh is salvation · Hebrew
  • Mateogift of God · Spanish
  • SantiagoSaint James · Spanish
  • Thiagosupplanter · Spanish
  • JoseGod will add · Spanish
  • Diegosupplanter · Spanish

Josue questions

What does the name Josue mean?

Josue means "Yahweh is salvation". It comes from Spanish. Spanish and Portuguese form of Joshua, from Hebrew Yehoshua. In English, the spelling is often written Josué with an accent in Spanish contexts.

Is Josue a boy or girl name?

Josue is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Josue?

1,140 US babies were named Josue in 2024. Its peak year was 2007.

How do you pronounce Josue?

Josue is usually pronounced ho-SWEH.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.