Joshua
JAH-shoo-uh
A biblical name meaning “the Lord is salvation” or “whose help/salvation is Jehovah.”
Meaning
Joshua is a Scripture name from Hebrew, given in the excerpts as Y'hoshua / Yoshiyya'hu. The etymological sense in the sources is “the Lord is salvation,” and Charnock also glosses it as “whose help or salvation is Jehovah.”
Origin
Hebrewmasculine
Fun fact
The excerpts note a Greek form of the name, showing how it moved through other languages in biblical transmission.
Confidence: sourced. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.