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I don't think Josh is avoidable

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To be honest, no I don't believe that diminutive is avoidable. If you have a name with an obvious nickname\diminutive, chances are that some people will say it instead of the full name.
I on the other hand prefer Josh by itself even though I am completely fine with Joshua. If I were to use the name for a son, I would do just Josh, but that's me.

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Joshua as a middle name. The nn may be more avoidable that way.

I actually have a friend with a baby Joshua (around a year) who is very clear that he's Joshua, not Josh. My impression is that you won't be able to avoid having to correct people or working to discourage the nickname, but you can still quickly get people used to using only the full name. What the kid might choose for himself when he's older of course you have no control over. I'd say if you like Joshua enough it's worth it, but if you have other options you like you might find it more than you want to deal with.

My brother in-law is Joshua who was only Joshua until he was in his 20s and decided he was fine with Josh. (I still call him Joshua, I've known him since he was a kid and I can't get into the Josh thing!) All you have to do is correct people if you don't want your kid/self to be called Josh. In my experience people will either call a kid what they're introduced as or ask if you use a nickname if you give them a formal one with a common nickname.

I love the name Joshua as well, but I also love Josh! I don't know if it's avoidable. I have a cousin named Gabrielle and my aunt doesn't allow people to call her Gabby or anything other than her name. So far, that has worked out and people do call her Gabrielle. I think if you refer to him as only Joshua and tell family members and friends not to call him Josh then he will in turn introduce himself as Joshua and it would stick? I don't know, it's one of those things that just depends I guess.

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It is avoidable until he reaches the age of about 5 or 6. When he's young you will often be with him and if people call him Josh you can correct them and say 'his name is Joshua, we don't call him Josh'. People will accept this if they are respectful and polite so it will not be a problem.

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As soon as he reaches a certain age he will spend more time alone and become independent. So by the time he is in preschool/school he might not bother correcting people because he won't have a problem with Josh. Or he will even like it and call himself Josh. And then there won't be anything you can do about it. You can always call him Joshua and hope he will never identify with Josh but he might and then you will have to live with it. Maybe he will even insist on you calling him Josh.

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I would say that the probability that he ends up as Josh is pretty high. All the Joshuas I have ever known went exclusively by Josh. Joshua has a very soft sound and ends in A and I guess that many guys find it too soft and are happy to be called Josh. I don't like Josh but I also dislike Joshua. It used to be very popular and I think it is starting to sound tired and slightly dated. If you are looking for something similar, I think Jonah is really nice and you might also like Eli, Elijah (but it is getting too common) or Asher.

No, it isn't.