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?
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.
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.