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What does Josiah mean?
Josiah 
▲ as a boys' name is pronounced jo-SYE-ah. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Josiah 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.
Variations
VARIANTS Josia, Josias, Joziah▲
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Josiah Tyshawn (J.T.), ..
How popular is Josiah?
Josiah is a somewhat popular first name for males (#913 out of 1220, Top 75%) and an even more popular surname for both adults and children (#52403 out of 150436, Top 35%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Josiah reached its apex rank of #51 in the U.S. in the year 2017, and is at #53 presently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent varying forms of Josiah (#53 IN RECENT RANKINGS) listed in the Top 2000 are Josias (#1414) and Joziah (#763). Adoption of these relations of Josiah was well-received in 2017 (MEDIAN #711) and has remained as conventional to this day (#743, DOWN 3.5%). Josiah has been the most well-known version, though Joziah has gained in usage.
Similar Names
Josiah▲ is alike in pronunciation to Jesiah▲, Josue▲ and Jozua. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Abiah, Aviah, Azriah, Isaiah▲, Isiah▼, Issiah, Izaiah▲, Iziah, Jacian, Jarah, Jarrah, Jasha, Jasin, Jaspar, Jediah, Jerah, Jeriah, Jerrah, Jian, Joab, Joao, Joash, Jodi, Jodie, Johan▲, Johar, Jomahl, Jomal, Jomar, Jona, Jonah▲, Jonas, Jontae, Joran, Jordan▼, Jordao, Jorgan, Jori, Jorian, Jorim, Joris, Jose▼, Josef, Joseito, Josep, Joseph▼, Josephe, Josh▼, Joshua▼, Joshuah, Josif, Josip, Joss, Josua, Joszef, Jotham, Jovan, Jovi, Jovito, Judah▲, Julian▲, Jurian, Mosiah, Noah▲, Tobiah, Toviah, Tovyah, Ukiah, Uriah▲, Uziah, Uzziah and Zariah. These names tend to be less frequently used than Josiah.
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