THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Josh
Josh is recorded as a male given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Josh.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Josh, a diminutive of Joshua.
a male given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
A diminutive of the male given name Joshua.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Josh
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Josh Urbiztondo
Filipino-American basketball player
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Josh Vanlandingham
Filipino-American basketball player
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Josh Urbiztondo, Josh Vanlandingham
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Josh in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Josh
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Jose♂Related to Joseph: adding or increasing
- José♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Joan♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Joar♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Job♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jodi♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Joe♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Joel♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Josh?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Josh further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q18328013 — Josh (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Josh Urbiztondo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18328013 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Josh Vanlandingham (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18328013 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Josh (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Josh (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.