Hosea

Where Hosea comes from

From Latin Hōsēās, from Ancient Greek Ὡσηέ (Hōsēé), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשֵׁעַ (hōšḗaʿ, “Hosea”), from the masculine singular imperative of הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Hosea
  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1771
    Hosea Ballou born
    American Universalist minister
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #600 among boys — 10 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1885
    Peak, #355
    24 babies named Hosea — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #629.
  5. 1984
    Hosea Gear born
    New Zealand rugby union player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Hosea Gear · New Zealand rugby union player, born 1984
  • Hosea Ballou · American Universalist minister, 1771–1852
  • Hosea Washington Parker · American politician and lawyer, 1833–1922
  • Hosea Jacobi · Croatian rabbi, 1842–1925
  • Hosea Townsend · American politician, 1840–1909

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.