How to write “Joshua” in Korean
조슈아 jo-syu-a
What Korean friends call you
- 조슈아야 jo-syu-a-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 조슈아 씨 jo-syu-a-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Joshua
- 조슈아 59 (100%)
Korean labels of 59 people named Joshua on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Joshua Bell 조슈아; Joshua Kushner 조슈아; Joshua Jackson 조슈아.
Well-known people named Joshua, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Joshua Bassett — 조슈아 바셋
- Joshua Reynolds — 조슈아 레이놀즈
- Joshua Lederberg — 조슈아 레더버그
- Joshua Kennedy — 조슈아 케네디
1,246,493 babies were named Joshua in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 12th most common name.
Block by block
- 조 = ㅈ + ㅗ · 4 strokes
Also in 조: Joseph 조셉 · Jordan 조던 · Jonathan 조나단
- 슈 = ㅅ + ㅠ · 5 strokes
- 아 = ㅇ + ㅏ · 3 strokes
Also in 아: Olivia 올리비아 · Noah 노아 · Sophia 소피아
조슈아 takes 12 strokes in all.
More names: Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼 · Daniel 다니엘 · Andrew 앤드루 · William 윌리엄
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