Forename Josh

Globally, Josh (Josh , Джошуа , 乔希 , along with others...) is a widespread male first name. The first name Josh is habitual in Australia, where it is quite a common male name, Grenada, and Saint Lucia (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Very seldom, Josh is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Josh is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Josh

name Jôh, name Jõsh, name Giosuè, name Joshua, name Жош, name จอร์ช, name Jôsh, name ジョッシュ, name جوش, name Йош, name 乔什, name جوشوا, name 乔舒亚, name יהושע, name Josh, name ג'וש, name Джош, name ジョシュア, name Ĵŏş, name جوزه, name 天旋, name Jósh, name Jozue, name 乔希, name Jôśh, name จอโหร่, name Джошуа, name جاش, name Josua, name ג'ושוע

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Josh	Australia, Canada, Kenya, United States, United Kingdom
Джошуа	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania
乔希	China
جوش	Iraq, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
ג'וש	Israel
Джош	Ukraine

First names said to be same

Giosuè, Joshua, Josua, Jozue, Jósh, Jôh, Jôsh, Jôśh, Jõsh, Ĵŏş, Жош, Йош, ג'ושוע, יהושע, جاش, جوزه, جوشوا, จอร์ช, จอโหร่, ジョシュア, ジョッシュ, 乔什, 乔舒亚, and 天旋

First name Josh in the context

Josh is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Josh Stone , the Resident Evil character, Resident Evil 5; Josh Lyman , the character in The West Wing; Joshua Sweet , the character from Disney's Atlantis, Atlantis: The Lost Empire; Joshua Clay , the fictional character and Josh , the fictional character from Detroit: Become Human, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	josh billings American humorist, US (b. 1818)
	josh devore American Major League baseball player (1887-1954), US (b. 1887)
	josh devoe American baseball player, US (b. 1888)
	josh billings American baseball player, US (b. 1891)
	josh cody All-American college football player, college basketball coach, college football coach, College Football Hall of Fame member, college athletic director, US (b. 1892)
	josh snyder American baseball player, US (b. 1844)
	josh bunce American baseball player, US (b. 1847)
	josh reilly American baseball player, US (b. 1868)
	josh hargreaves English footballer (1870-1954), GB (b. 1870)
	josh clarke American baseball player, US (b. 1879)
	josh swindell American baseball player, US (b. 1883)
	josh malsiyani Indian writer (b. 1883)
	josh binney actor, film producer, film company executive, and film director (b. 1889)
	josh white jr. American musician, US (b. 1940)
	josh coulthurst English cricketer (1893-1970), GB (b. 1893)

Characteristic surnames

Lee, Cooper, Bailey, Parker, Taylor, Thomas, Turner, Nelson, Harris, Walker, Wilson, Wright, Collins, Roberts, Jackson, Johnson, Edwards, Mitchell, Anderson, Campbell, Phillips, Robinson, Carter, Miller, Morgan, Morris, Cook, King, Hall, Hill, Ward, Wood, Moore, Scott, Smith, Allen, Thompson, Adams, Baker, Brown, Davis, Green, Lewis, Jones, Evans, White, Young, Martin, Clark, and Williams