Yeshua

Yeshua: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“God is salvation”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
yeh-SHOO-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys

Aramaic-influenced Hebrew form of Joshua used in the Second Temple period. It is the original name form behind Jesus in the New Testament context.

How popular is Yeshua?

202469.0 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 Yeshua in 2024229

2024 rank#982 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,477

Yeshua has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Yeshua

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JoshuaYahweh is salvation · Hebrew
  • JosueYahweh is salvation · Spanish
  • JoshYahweh is salvation · Hebrew
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew

Yeshua questions

What does the name Yeshua mean?

Yeshua means "God is salvation". It comes from Hebrew. Aramaic-influenced Hebrew form of Joshua used in the Second Temple period. It is the original name form behind Jesus in the New Testament context.

Is Yeshua a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Yeshua?

229 US babies were named Yeshua in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Yeshua?

Yeshua is usually pronounced yeh-SHOO-uh.

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.