I'm looking for a name that is English and Arabic and is has meaning in Islam.
Is this a name relevant to Islam or more towards Judaism and Christianity?
I'm looking for a name that is English and Arabic and is has meaning in Islam.
Is this a name relevant to Islam or more towards Judaism and Christianity?
Joshua is the modern English version of Hebrew name Yehoshuah which means Yahweh is salvation. Jesus is also a variation upon Yehoshuah and it simply is a Greek transliteration of Yehoshuah via Latin. (Source: Wikipedia)
There is nothing un-Islamic or even Islamic about the name Joshua. If one wants to take up this name, he can. The only recommendation one should heed IMHO is that name should have a good meaning.
Contrary to the widely held concept, there is no basis for labeling a name as Islamic or non-Islamic. What we generally term as Islamic names are simply Arabic or Arabic versions of the names. In most European languages the letter J is still pronounced as Y. Even in Urdu we call Jesus as Yesu (Masih). Isa is simply an Arabic version of Jesus.
Jesus (Christ) – Yesu (Masih) – Isa (Masih)
Some variations of the Hebrew names that people use all over the world.
Joshua is the English rendering of the Arabic Yusha, which is known as the name of the first prophet after Moses (puh) - Yusha bin Nun (puh), under whose preaching and commands Bani-Israel eventually conquered the land. All prophetic names are automatically Islamic and this is because according to Quran there has only been one religion of God and therefore all prophets were prophets of Islam.
From a cultural aspect, the Arabic Yusha will have more acceptability among the Muslims as compared to Joshua, which is perceived as Western or Christian among other possibilities.
In normal usage, to say that something is Islamic is to speak of its acceptability in the Muslim sphere, often also construed as the inverse of un-Islamic. For example, Abdul-Laat is an un-Islamic name. Taken this way, since Joshua is not "un-Islamic," it is Islamic.
Is this a name relevant to Islam or more towards Judaism and Christianity?
Yes, it's relevant to Islam but the word is more towards the Judaism or Christianity.
The Arabic name for Joshua is Yusha - from Yusha Ibn Noon who was the friend and deciple of Musa (Moses) peace be upon him. So yes it is a muslim name