Baby name
CLASSIC
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Josh
/JOSH/
Meaning
“God is salvation”
Short form of Joshua, Hebrew Yehoshua meaning 'God is salvation'; became a given name in its own right during the latter 20th century, especially in the US and UK.
Nicknames
joshua
Vibe
playful
How it ages.
Breezy and confident; peaked in the 1980s-90s and now carries a comfortable, lived-in feel.
The cultural moment.
Top 50 in the United States and United Kingdom through the 1980s and 1990s; steady decline since.