Jeshua
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god is salvation; a variant of Joshua.
Jeshua by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Jeshua. In the US, 61 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 164 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Joshua
Like Jeshua, each of these traces back to Joshua: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Joshgod is salvation; a form of Joshua45 in England and Wales (2025)
- Joshlyngod is salvation; a form of Joshua17 in the US (2017)
- IosuaGod is salvation; a form of Joshua15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yashuagod is salvation; a variant of Joshua or Yeshua14 in the US (2017)
- Jossuegod is salvation; a form of Joshua11 in the US (2017)
- JoshueGod is salvation; variant spelling of Joshua7 in the US (2017)
- Jahshuagod is salvation; a form of Joshua6 in the US (2017)
- Iokuahawaiian form of Joshua5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jeshua. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Joshuathe Lord is salvation8,251 in the US (2017)
- Jashuagod is salvation; a spelling variant of Joshua11 in the US (2017)
- Jesusgod is salvation2,741 in the US (2017)
- Joshuangod is salvation; a form of joshua14 in the US (2017)
- JoshuahGod is salvation; variant spelling of Joshua13 in the US (2017)
- JessupGod exists; a form of Jesse12 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Jeshua, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean salvation
Like Jeshua, each of these has salvation in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isaiahsalvation of the Lord7,170 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- Josuegod is salvation; a form of Joshua1,532 in the US (2017)
- Ellisgod is my salvation; a form of Elias582 in England and Wales (2025)
- IsaiasGod is salvation; form of Isaiah506 in the US (2017)
- IzaiahGod is my salvation; variant of Isaiah494 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jeshua
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