Josiah - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Josiah \j(o)-

is pronounced jo-SYE-ah. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "Jehovah helps". Biblical: king of Judah at age eight after his father was assassinated, Josiah ruled well for 31 years. Porcelain entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood.

Josiah has 3 variant forms: Josia, Josias and Joziah.

For more information, see also the related name Moses.

Baby names that sound like Josiah are Jesiah, Isiah, Josua, Joshuah and Josh.

Josiah is a somewhat common first name for men (#913 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#43354 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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