Joesiah
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 37 babies a year in the US.
Joesiah by the numbers
Joesiah was given to 37 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 41 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Joesiah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Joesiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Josiahthe Lord supports6,988 in the US (2017)
- Jesiahgod is salvation; a form of Isaiah or Jesaiah305 in the US (2017)
- Jossiah21 in the US (2017)
- Joeziah7 in the US (2017)
- Jasiahgod has made; a respelling of Jasaiah or Isaiah480 in the US (2017)
- Joziahgod supports, god is strong; variant of Josiah301 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Joesiah
Names that are said the same way as Joesiah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- JosiyahGod supports or heals; a spelling variant of Josiah59 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Joesiah
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