Josh

Where Josh comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Josh.

  • 1 syllable
Josh through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #299 among boys with 31 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #489.
  3. 1968
    Josh Brolin born
    American actor
  4. 1972
    Josh Duhamel born
    American actor and former model
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Joshua.
Namesakes
  • Josh Duhamel · American actor and former model, born 1972
  • Josh Brolin · American actor, born 1968
  • Josh Radnor · American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, born 1974
  • Josh Groban · American singer and actor, born 1981
  • Josh Holloway · American actor, born 1969

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.