Jossue
Masculine · “the Lord is salvation”
Jossue doubles a letter that does not need doubling. In Spanish a single s between vowels is already a firm s — there is no soft version for it to be confused with, the way English has rose and dose. So the second s is not fixing a sound. It is a visual habit borrowed from English, applied to a Spanish name, and it is a small record of two spelling systems living in the same household.
How old is the name Jossue?
Jossue first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Jossue alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 700 people named Jossue are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jossue most popular?
Jossue peaked in 1992, reaching #2599 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 9,409 places below that high. See the whole 1992 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yehoshua to Jossue
The story of Jossue
One Spanish name, Josué, arrives in American records under several spellings at once — the original with its accent, the version that swaps in an English sh, and this one that doubles the s. None of them is a different name and none is a mistake in any meaningful sense; they are three answers to the same problem, which is that a Spanish name has to be written on an English form by someone who may have learned to read in either language. The doubled consonant is the most purely English of the three instincts, since English doubles letters constantly to signal something about the vowel before them, and Spanish almost never does.
Meaning
the Lord is salvation
From Hebrew Yehoshua by way of the Latin Bible, which gave Spanish Josué. The meaning is not affected by any of the spellings; all of them are the same name.
How the name formed
- Yehoshua
- Josué
- Jossue
Related forms: Josué · Josué · Yehoshua
Pronouncing Jossue
ho-SWEH
Two syllables in Spanish with the stress at the back, the j said as a throat sound. The doubled s makes no difference whatsoever to the saying; it is there for the eye.
Nicknames for Jossue
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1981
- Most boys named
- 200630 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2599reached in 1992
- Change vs 2024
- −28.6%5 in 2025, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jossue in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Josué in Spanish — spelling variant
- Josué in Portuguese — spelling variant
- Yehoshua in Hebrew — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Jossues among us
people named Jossue are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Jossue
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Anthonio test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jossue's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Anthonio climbed just as high around 1976, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Anthonio's path sketches the road Jossue is walking now.
Jossue sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Jossue beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jossue in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The name behind it is ordinary and well loved across Latin America, so it is never strange in a Spanish-speaking room.
- It has a ready English short form that requires nothing of anyone.
- The doubled letter makes the s unmistakable to an English reader, who might otherwise soften it to a z.
- Both single-s spellings are more common, and this one will be corrected toward them constantly.
- It is the least standard version of a standard name, which relatives may notice and mention.
- English speakers will still reach for JOSS-oo-ay before they reach for the Spanish saying.
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Jossue
Masculine · #12008 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Jossues are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Jossue are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jossue in 2025?
- Jossue ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jossue?
- About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Jossue — 5 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jossue with classmates?
- Jossue will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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