Save Gender Masculine Usage English (Rare, ?) Pronounced Pron. JO-soo-ə, JAHSH-yoo-ə [key] Meaning & History Variant of Joshua used by the English poet Josuah Sylvester (1563-1618) who translated a scriptual epic written by Guillaume de Salluste du Bartas (1544-1590) into English heroic couplets.