Eh…I’m not sure that’s accurate.
Nope. Joshua and Yeshua are both forms of the name Yehoshuah (or Yĕhôshúa).
But boys named Joshua (in English) are named after the successor of Moses.
This is a wild guess, but I get the impression that everyone and his brother being named Muhammad in Pakistan brings up the numbers. Apparently using names like Muhammad and Shaikh as ethno-religious markers–with the actual distinguishing personal name one goes by being an additional given name–became really common in parts of southern Asia.
CairoCarol, maybe this example will help clarify what you have been saying. I have a friend whose name is Primo. He is Italian. Primo is the first-born child of his parents. In the US, many people can recognise that Primo means first, others can look it up or be told that it means first. But none of those things quite equate to the fact that, to his Italian parents, naming their son Primo was exactly like someone in the US naming their son “First”. And it is also a fact that most first names in English are not words in English that mean the same things as their name forms.
I just made this worse, didn’t I?
Well unlearn them because I hate Muslims and only seek to enlighten in the ever-dogged pursuit of hatred and bigotry.
Did… did you leave your computer logged in near a prankster?
I know you meant that as a whoosh, but it has the ring of truth even if you don’t see it that way.