Meaning of name Josh

The name Josh has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Josh is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 708 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Josh fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 157 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 971 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Josh in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Josh is very likely a(n) English variant of the name Joshua. See other suggested English boy baby names.

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The following names are baby names related to Josh and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Josh: Boys - Heber, Namir, Noah, Nuriel, Yahir, Girls - Nuria, Shayna, Yajaira, Yakira, Both genders - Daniel, Gabriel, Michael

The name Josh is a variant of Joshua. Other popular variants of the name Joshua are: Josh (English), Josha, Joshka, Joshuah, Joshuam, Joshuwa, Joshwa, Joshyam, Josua, Josue (Spanish), Joushua, Jozua

We think the name Josh should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Josh to be: Tall, suave and sexy chap

In one word, you might describe Josh as a(n) "suave" person.

See other "suave" names for boys.