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7 February
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Hi.
Is the name 'Joshua' common in Poland? If not, are there Polish versions of the name Joshua?
Thank you.
Hi.
Is the name 'Joshua' common in Poland? If not, are there Polish versions of the name Joshua?
Thank you.
Is the name 'Joshua' common in Poland? If not, are there Polish versions of the name Joshua?
Thank you.
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I think that Jozue is a polish version, but I don't know anyone with this name sorry :D
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Like @chudy said, the Polish version would be Jozue. It is an extremely rare name, evoking strictly biblical associations and it might give a child a hard time at school and in later life.
The governmental database of PESEL (an identification number issued to every Polish citizen AND, what is crucial here, foreign citizens with a work permit etc.), shows the following frequency:
first name: Joshua – 831 cases; Jozue: 25 cases
second name – 255 cases; Jozue – 21 cases
The name Joshua belongs exclusively to foreign citizens (e.g. migrant workers), naturalized Poles or, possibly, to some children from a multicultural background (a Polish registry office would not permit the parents to use an ostensibly foreign name without a good justification, especially if there is a Polish equivalent – Jozue. An Anglosaxon background of one of the parents would provide such a justification). We have a strict law on acceptable names for children and ethnic Poles would have a hard time having this name approved for their child.
To give you an idea of how rare this name is:
All names with a similar frequency to Joshua are relatively popular names in FOREIGN languages, e.g. George, Gheorghe, Wolfgang, Bryan, Ryan, Alexandre, Nathaniel.
Jozue: This name might be chosen by ethnic Poles for their children, BUT is as rare as, e.g., Dovletgeldi, Turgut, Zheng or Yuji.
Source: https://dane.gov.pl/pl/dataset/1667,lista-imion...
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