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[Facts] The name Joshamee.
I discovered that Joshamee is the Christian name of one of the characters in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, namely Mr. Gibbs. Since I like the sound and the look of the name, I wonder whether it's a real, actual name or just made up by the writers. It looks like a biblical name, reminding me of Joshua. Perhaps it's a pet form of Joshua?If anyone could provide me more information about this name, I would definitely appreciate it. :)
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I would guess that it is a portmanteau name combining the names of two family namesakes, like Joshua + Aimee / Jaime / Jeremy , etc.

This message was edited 9/3/2017, 7:21 PM

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I think it looks made up, but could it be Josh + Amie (Amee being a phonetical spelling) as in the French word for friend?
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It's certainly not a Biblical name. I would guess that the writers simply made it up by blending the sounds of Joshua and Jeremy, and perhaps also with the phrase "You're joshing me!" in mind.
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I'm thinking of Josh + Ami ("my people" in Hebrew) -> "G-d is my people"/"my people is G-d"??... can't help more, sorry.
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This message was edited 7/21/2006, 5:02 AM

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Josh doesn't mean G-d in Hebrew, rather it relates to the verb meaning "to save, to redeem". Thus if your hypothesis is correct, the meaning of the name would be "G-d will save my people" , which actually makes sense.
Interestingly enough, even though both the prefix "Josh-" (ye'hosh-) and the suffix "-ami" are pretty common in biblical names, their combination is not a biblical name.
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