Josias

Where Josias comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Josias.

  • Hebrew
Josias through the years
  1. 1850
    Josias von Heeringen born
    German general
  2. 1884
    Josias Braun-Blanquet born
    Swiss botanist
  3. 1975
    First appearance
    #5,464 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2025
    Peak, #950
    247 babies named Josias, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew, the New Testament Greek form of Josiah.
Namesakes
  • Josias Braun-Blanquet · Swiss botanist, 1884–1980
  • Josias von Heeringen · German general, 1850–1926
  • Josias Simmler · Swiss theologian, 1530–1576
  • Josias Moli · Vanuatuan politician, born 1954
  • Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen · Major general in Brunswick and co-ruler of Waldeck-Wildungen, 1636–1669

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.