Yehoshua (surname)

Yehoshua (surname)

Yehoshua is a rare Hebrew surname that is presumably derived directly from the English translation of hebrew|יהושע, which means roughly "Yahweh rescues" or "Jehovah is salvation"."A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament" Francis Brown, with S.R. Driver and C.A. Briggs, based on the lexicon of William Gesenius. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 221 & 446] Blue Letter Bible. "Dictionary and Word Search for Yĕhowshuwa` (Strong's 03091)". Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2008. 16 Feb 2008. http://cf.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=H3091] "Yehoshua" was also the Hebrew name for Jesus and Joshua and has been used as a masculine given name.

This surname is sufficiently rare to apparently not appear in the United States Census of 1990. [ [http://names.mongabay.com/surnames_Y.htm Surnames [Last Names Starting With "Y" in the United States ] ]

This surname is shared by several notable people:

* A. B. Yehoshua (born 1936)
* Itzhak Yehoshua (living)

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