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[Facts] Submitted Name, Joshana,...
...has been removed. It is the name of (at least) two real women (albeit with two different etymologies), ours and an internationally recognized Indienne athlete.Ours, while being a corruption, is still a bona fide name of a real person. (Grammatical corruptions are not unheard of in standard etymology.)
"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth." Ps. 127:4
JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah Joseph
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It looks like the slightly older [1986 vs. 1994] Indian version of this name was decoupled from my original, English (American/rare) submission.I have re-submitted mine as Joshana (2) in order to maintain that distinction.
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I claim resposibility for the removal. IMO, your derivation of Joshana is not notable. It is used only (at most, when I am in sceptical mode) once with this particular derivation, and the derivation is riddled with an error in addition. There is no reason to promote this derivation on a site like behindthename.com that focusses on name facts.
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"Eobard" and "Frankincense" are even rarer.

This message was edited 8/13/2015, 5:20 PM

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The difference is that these names are used for fictional characters.
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They each occur only in one instance (and those as fictional characters), but are still accepted as valid names. A (so far) single instance for a real person is not.

This message was edited 8/15/2015, 12:08 AM

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A fictional work can be known among millions of people. A person hardly ever is.
There are billions of names on earth. The can't all be included in this database.

This message was edited 8/15/2015, 12:35 PM

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