Iosua
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YO-soo-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
Iosua is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies).
What does Iosua mean?
Hebrew: Romanian form of Joshua
“God is salvation”
Is Iosua a girl's or a boy's name?
Iosua is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iosua in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,771st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Iosua, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 27 boys.
Half of all the boys named Iosua in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Iosua in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,105 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,261 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
Names like Iosua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezra, Thiago, Luca, Iago, Yusuf, Elias, Isaiah, Tobias, Rupert, Elijah, Ibrahim, Zion
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Iosua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iosua, updated 20 October 2026.