Jossue
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hoh-SWAY
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Jossue is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Jossue mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Josue; Spanish, French and Portuguese form of Joshua
“God is salvation”
Josué is the Spanish and French form of Joshua, the leader who succeeded Moses.
Meaning borrowed from Josue.
Is Jossue a girl's or a boy's name?
Jossue is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jossue in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Jossue, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Jossue in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,036 boys in the US were given Jossue or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #336, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Jossue in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
Names like Jossue
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marquez Luca Miguel Juancarlos Ezra Josiah Joao Pierce Pablo Jonah Josias Thiago
Other spellings of Jossue
Names related to Jossue
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jossue: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jossue, updated 20 October 2026.