The Relationship Between Josh and the Name Joshua

The term joshing, which is always capitalized, by the way. It shut up in 1845, 15 years earlier. What's likely is that Josh has been used as a generic name for a person. For women, we see Molly, which is just any girl. When someone writes a gag for a movie or a play, does that have anything to do with gagging someone stopping them from talking related or not?