Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇦🇹 Josua
/YO · zoo · ah/
Meaning
“God is salvation”
German and Scandinavian form of Joshua, Hebrew Yehoshua meaning 'God is salvation'; the dropped h gives it a clean, Continental European look.
Nicknames
jo
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Elegant German-language form; ages well and feels neither dated nor trendy.
The cultural moment.
Steady use in German-speaking countries and Sweden; modest upward trend in Germany since 2005.