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The first name 
Joshwa

Joshwa is a male first name.

Joshwa – a very rare name!

Recently, the name Joshwa has been given only a handful of times a year and is therefore particularly rare, at least in the US. In recent years, not even one boy in 100,000 has been named Joshwa. That means that a boy named Joshwa is exceptional and may not meet another person with the same name his whole life. Of all Americans currently living, not even one in 100,000 would answer if you shouted out the name Joshwa.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Joshwa

Joshwa -
something very, very special - even in his home state Texas!

If you’re looking for someone named Joshwa, you might want to head to Texas. Why Texas of all places? Well, simply because, according to official statistics, there are no men or boys named Joshwa living in any other state. However, we have to admit that a first name is only listed in the official statistics of a state if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it may well be that there are still a few men and boys named Joshwa living in one state or another. But, in any case the name is extremely rare. (If your name happens to be Joshwa and you live outside of Texas, we would be very grateful if you could let us know so that we can refine our statistics even further). By the way, even in Texas, the name Joshwa is not really that common – there are only 5 men and boys with this name living there right now, which is not more than 0.00004% of all male residents of Texas – so if you are one of them, you can rightly say that you are someone very special!

Joshwa has 6 letters 
and begins with a J

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter J is the most popular first letter for boys’ names. 10.1% of all common boys’ names in the US start with this letter. The second most common first letter in boys’ names is A.

With six letters, the name Joshwa is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 10.1% of all boys’ names start with a J, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And, by the way, of all the boys’ names that begin with the letter J, the name James is the most common.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Joshwa

If your name is Joshwa and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Joshwa

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Joshwa, you can simply say:

Joker

Orange

Sun

Hat

Windmill

Apple

This is how the name Joshwa is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Joshwa in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Joshwa

Joshwa

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Joshwa

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Joshwa is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

J
O
S
H
W
A

Have you ever waved the name Joshwa

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

J
O
S
H
W
A

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Joshwa sounds like this: