Names like Joshua
Joshua is a two-syllable Hebrew name that ends on a vowel. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same sound
Two syllables, ending the same way as Joshua.
Cauã Portuguese · hawk, falcon, from the Tupi kaûã; a modern Brazilian favorite
Ezra Hebrew · help
Asa Hebrew · "physician, healer"
Isa Hebrew · short form of Isabel/Isabella, meaning 'God is my oath'
The same roots
Also Hebrew names, from the tradition Joshua comes from.
Noah Hebrew · "rest," from the Hebrew Noach, the ark-builder who rode out the flood; quiet for most of the 20th century, then the defining boys' name of the 2010s in the US and much of Europe. Gentle in sound, patriarch in weight
Jacob Hebrew · traditionally "holder of the heel" or "supplanter," from the Hebrew Ya'aqov, the patriarch who wrestled the angel and fathered the twelve tribes; a Jewish and Puritan staple that ruled the US boys' charts for over a decade around the 2000s. Jake comes free
Jesus Hebrew · "Yahweh is salvation," from Yeshua by way of Greek and Latin; in Spanish-speaking families, where it is pronounced heh-SOOS, giving the name is an act of devotion with centuries of tradition behind it, common from Mexico to the Philippines
Jaime Hebrew · Spanish form of James (from Jacob), traditionally translated as 'supplanter'
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 1990s, the same decade as Joshua, on a similar curve.
Jarred Hebrew · Variant spelling of Jared, a biblical Hebrew name meaning descent, father of Enoch in Genesis.
Jordan Hebrew · to flow down
Javon Hebrew · variant of Javan, a biblical name referring to Greece/Ionia
Josey Hebrew · pet form of Joseph/Josephine, traditionally meaning God will add
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