Where it comes from
yehoshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ), 'Yahweh is salvation'
Also known as
Yehoshua (the original Hebrew form), Josué (Spanish/French), Giosuè (Italian)
Fun Fact
Joshua led the Israelites into the Promised Land after the death of Moses, and the name shares its root with the name Jesus, which came from the same Hebrew original by a different route through Greek.