Joshuah

Where Joshuah comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Joshuah.

Joshuah through the years
  1. 1950
    Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil born
  2. 1969
    First appearance
    #4,404 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1985
    Peak, #970
    88 babies named Joshuah, its best rank.
  4. 1997
    Joshuah Bledsoe born
    American football safety
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,804.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil · born 1950
  • Joshuah Bledsoe · American football safety, born 1997

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.