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Yahweh is salvation, in the Joshua-linked name tradition.
The exact Josue entry records an older English biblical form of Joshua through Latin. Joshua supplies the Hebrew salvation formation. The licensed shall-add gloss conflicts with this root and is not promoted; it belongs to the separate Joseph family.
Hebrew-rooted Joshua family, documented through Latin in older English biblical use.
This is the explicitly documented historical route for the exact unaccented spelling. The same entry separately records a surname borrowed from Spanish Josué; a surname reading is not used as a modern English given-name pronunciation.
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Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 7 · preliminary | 2527 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Boys | 5 (rounded to 5) | 4122 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2024 | Boys | 3 | 5119 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2011 | Girls | 8 | 12153 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 1,026 | 330 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact Josue entry records an older English biblical form of Joshua through Latin. Joshua supplies the Hebrew salvation formation. The licensed shall-add gloss conflicts with this root and is not promoted; it belongs to the separate Joseph family. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Josue, Joshua entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Josue&oldid=90598114; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Joshua&oldid=93487286. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The exact dictionary separates the Latin-linked biblical form from the Spanish-derived surname. Their readings are not collapsed into a single modern personal-name pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Josue entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Josue&oldid=90598114. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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This is the explicitly documented historical route for the exact unaccented spelling. The same entry separately records a surname borrowed from Spanish Josué; a surname reading is not used as a modern English given-name pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Josue, Joshua entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Josue&oldid=90598114; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Joshua&oldid=93487286. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The exact entry explicitly records this older biblical name-form relationship. A modern bearer’s preferred spelling and pronunciation remain personal. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Josue, Joshua entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Josue&oldid=90598114; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Joshua&oldid=93487286. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
