Josu

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Josu

Say it: YOH-soo

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Meaning

A Basque equivalent of Jesús created in the early 20th century, from Hebrew Yehoshua 'God is salvation'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

6 babies given this name since 2017
At its height in 2017, about 1 in 307,700 boys
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

The family of the name

Spanish	Jesús

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Where this comes from

Modern use, as a recently created name
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.