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Josue

Meaning: Yahweh is salvation
Origin: Variant of Joshua (from Hebrew)

Boy's name · #330 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Josue reached #181 in 2007 and has eased to #330 since. About 58,000 boys have carried it since 1924.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#50 in Ecuador (2025) · #63 in Mexico (2024) · #140 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #953 in France (2025) · #1,399 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,419 in Canada (2024).

Famous Josues

Josué Anunciado de Oliveira — Brazilian association football player
Josué Pesqueira — Portuguese footballer
Josue Souza Santos — Brazilian association football player
Josué de Castro — Brazilian physician, writer and activist against world hunger (1908–1973)
Josué Duverger — Haitian-Canadian soccer player

What Josues become

Among 257 notable people named Josue:

Sports figures appear 2.17× more often than among typical names — e.g. Josué Anunciado de Oliveira, Brazilian association football player.

Similar names: Joshua · Adan · Jorge · Crue · Moises · Joaquin

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