Josiah

Where Josiah comes from

From Biblical Hebrew יֹאשִׁיָּה (yōšiyyā), יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ (yōšiyyā́hū).
— Wiktionary's entry for Josiah
  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1730
    Josiah Wedgwood born
    English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company
  2. 1839
    Josiah Willard Gibbs born
    American scientist
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #334 among boys — 26 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 2019
    Peak, #45
    6,847 babies named Josiah — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Josiah Willard Gibbs · American scientist, 1839–1903
  • Josiah Wedgwood · English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company, 1730–1795
  • Josiah Royce · American philosopher, 1855–1916
  • Josiah Warren · American social reformer, philosopher, inventor, musician, and author, 1798–1874
  • Josiah Bartlett · American physician and judge, signatory of the Declaration of Independence, 1729–1795

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.