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Josue is a masculine name in current use in the United States: it ranked #330 for boys in the United States in 2025. Josué is the Spanish, Portuguese and French form of Joshua, which Behind the Name derives from Hebrew meaning "Yahweh is salvation". The full derivation, and how far the sources will carry it, is set out below.
Meaning and etymology
Josue is the unaccented spelling of Josué. Behind the Name's entry for Josué calls it the "French, Spanish and Portuguese form of Joshua", and its entry for Joshua derives that name from Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshuaʿ) meaning "Yahweh is salvation". Wiktionary records the English Josue both as a borrowing of Spanish Josué and, from Latin Iōsuē, as the obsolete Douay-Version spelling of Joshua.
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Linguistic roots
| Language | Form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshuaʿ) | Yahweh is salvation |
Popularity
Josue ranked #330 for boys in the United States in 2025. The figure comes from the Social Security Administration's national file for that year.
| Region | Year | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2025 | #330 | ssa-2025 |
Frequently asked questions
What does the name Josue mean?
Josué is the Spanish, Portuguese and French form of Joshua, which Behind the Name derives from Hebrew meaning "Yahweh is salvation".
Is Josue a popular name?
Josue ranked #330 for boys in the United States in 2025. (Social Security Administration data).
Is Josue a boy's or a girl's name?
In the 2025 SSA data Josue appears in the boys' list.
Sources
- U.S. Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names — national data, year of birth 2025 — supports popularity, gender usage.
- Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Josué — supports meaning, usage, relationship to Joshua.
- Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Joshua — supports Hebrew root and gloss.
- Wiktionary: Josue — Wiktionary, the free dictionary — supports Josue as a borrowing of Spanish Josué and as a Latin/Douay form of Joshua.
