Jossiah

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jossiah by the numbers

Jossiah was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 28 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Jossiah

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 Jossiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Josiahthe Lord supports6,988 in the US (2017)
  • Jessiahgod is salvation; a form of Isaiah147 in the US (2017)
  • Joesiah37 in the US (2017)
  • Jassiah18 in the US (2017)
  • Josaiah9 in the US (2017)
  • Jasiahgod has made; a respelling of Jasaiah or Isaiah480 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jossiah

Names that are said the same way as Jossiah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Josyahgod supports; variant of Josiah33 in the US (2017)
  • JosiaGod is gracious; form of Josiah7 in the US (2017)
  • Jociahgod is salvation; a form of Josiah5 in the US (2017)
  • Josiahhgod supports; alternate spelling of josiah5 in the US (2017)
  • Josuagod is salvation; variant of joshua5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jossiah

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