Where the spelling 조슈아 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 조슈아 for Joshua.
People in the list with this given name:
- 리엔도 (에드워즈), 조슈아 — Joshua Liendo (Edwards)
- 셔피로, 조슈아 데이비드 — Shapiro, Joshua David
- 앵그리스트, 조슈아 — Joshua D. Angrist
…and 5 more in the list.
Sound by sound
Jo조shu슈a아
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
Joshua by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 15, 370,827 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 조슈아: 8.
Korean names for Joshua
These are the converter’s results for Joshua as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
박준수Park JunsuBoy’s name · 65% sound match
박준우Park JunuBoy’s name · 59% sound match
박준서Park JunseoBoy’s name · 55% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 박, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics