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Boys Named Josiah
This chart illustrates how many Boys were named Josiah in the U.S. since 1880.
Records indicate that at least 44,303 boys have been named Josiah since 1880 in the United States.
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User Comments about the name Josiah
Comment left Nov 15, 2009: "We are planning on naming our son Josiah. For those who have children with that name or who have the name, do you pronounce it JO-siah or JU-siah. I pronounce it the 1st way, but I hear a lot of people pronounce it with the short u sound?" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Sep 23, 2009: "I have a 10 month old that my husband and I decided to name Josiah. We were going to go with Caleb at first, but we wanted something more unique, but not strange and felt that Josiah would be a unique and strong name. I love the name. It suits him perfectly and everone that I have met think it is a great name and love that it isn't as common as other names." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Sep 09, 2009: "My 3year old son is called Josiah, my husband always wanted that name, but I liked Noah aswell. It was when I was in theatre after having an c/s that my husband said "shall we call him Josiah?" and I said "yes!" I have no regrets we both really love the name and the meaning of it. The name really suits him, my little girl called him Siah when she was little and it has stuck. What does bug me is when the same people keep pronouncing his name as "Joe-siah"!" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Aug 18, 2009: "I am 29weeks pregnant and expecting my 1st son (I have a little girl who's 3 named Juliana). I have picked to name my son Josiah because of the resemblance of my husbands fatehrs name, jose. Plus it goes very well with my daughters name. Juliana and Josiah" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Aug 06, 2009: "I plan on naming my first boy Josiah...I love God and my favorite sport ever is soccer. For that reason, I plan on naming him Josiah (of 2nd Kings as described in many comments below) but I will call him Jozy for short (that is the name of a very promising American 19 year old soccer player)." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jul 31, 2009: "I just had a little boy who I named josiah. I was going to go with Jesiah because I thought Jessi for short would be nice but I seen in 2 kings in the bible the last faithful king was named josiah. I LOVED it! Plus the meaning meant Jehovah saves which meant even more to me!so I decided to call him JOJO for short. His whole name is Daniel josiah. I named his first name after his dad but since Daniel is also a biblical name and it means Jehovah will save I thought it went well together but he still goes my josiah! Such a beautiful and strong name! I love my jojo." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 26, 2009: "When I named my now 8 yr old Josiah, I had never met a child with that name. Now I am hearing it more and more. I still love his name and it fits him perfectly. Siah or Jojo is is nickname." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 12, 2009: "My name is joshiah. It rarely shows up on a spell check when typing a document. Its a sweet name." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Mar 25, 2009: "My brother is Josiah. When he was born (1992) there were very few around, but now our family knows four or five in our personal circles alone! He occasionally gets the "z" pronunciation, and sometimes Joshua. The weirdest one we've heard was Jemiah. 0.o" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Mar 16, 2009: "We are expecting our first son, we have two girls now. And God gave me the name Josiah we love it. i get alot of people not familiar with the name but we still love it!" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Mar 07, 2009: "My sons name is Josiah he was named after my great grandad i also wanted a un common name which this is also. I could never of imagined not calling him this and it is a well suited name for him. I have never yet come across another person with this name apart from my late grandad we always get the problem of people never pronouncing the name correctly he has been called joshua, joziah which really annoys me at times at it shows people don't take the time to pay any attention to it. Alot of his dads family call him siah for short i'm so glad i named him Josiah its such a beautiful name" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Nov 24, 2008: "My nephew is named josiah and i think it is a beautiful name espcially as he is a stunning little boy...We call him Jiji for short Lol bt we have yet to experience the troubles with mis spelling as he is still so young...but I think it is a lovely name and if my brother hadn't got there first it would have been my son's name.:)" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Oct 05, 2008: "My son, Josiah, is 13, and the mistakes are usually Joshua or Joziah. I'd never heard the name until I was pregnant and my husband said he'd always wanted to name a son "Josiah." It didn't sit right, so we went with "Ryne" instead. Two years later I was pregnant again, and he brought it up again. I realized how important it was to him, so I got up about midnight, and went and started writing the name with our last name -- I loved it! So our 2nd son is Josiah. In the last 13 years I've met a bunch of Josiah's, all in church circles." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Sep 11, 2008: "My name is Josiah and I just have to say, I have yet to meet another Josiah outside of the internet. I truly is a unique name and although it will never be pronounced perfectly all the time, I love it." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jul 08, 2008: "I gave birth to a boy 10 years ago that I could not raise myself. I had to put him up for adoption. At the end of my pregnancy I was frantically working with a Christian Adoption Agency to find the right parents for my child. I had a dream of what he would look like when he was born and on his birth card (in my dream) it read Josiah. Wow, I thought when I woke up, what a beautiful name. When he was finally born, I never saw him. I only gave him the name Josiah. He was immediatley rushed out of the room and me to my own room. It is by far the hardest thing I have ever had to do. Even harder was knowing that he didn't yet have a family to go to. The Christian Agency had their version of "foster families" until the children are placed. These families are gifts from god. Not the horror story foster families that you hear so much about. When it was time for my son to leave the hospital, the foster family came to get him. When they picked him up, they didnt ask for a name because so often they are not named until the family is chosen. I was adimate that his name be kept, even though I knew I really didn't have that right. When the family picked him up, my adoption worker said "she named him Josiah and we are calling him that for now. The woman started to cry. She had just miscarried a baby boy a few months earlier and his name...JOSIAH. The family prayed about it and were told by God that this was their baby. They kept my birthson and his name...JOSIAH! Our God is an Awesome God! He had it planned all along." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jun 26, 2008: "My baby's name is Josiah, (Naturally) I think it is the best name around, and I have no regrets about calling him this. I've also had people call him Joshua, which was something I never considered as being similar before he was born. I think 'Josiah' sounds much nicer than 'Joshua' (no offence intended!)" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jun 09, 2008: "I love the name Josiah, and it happens to be my sons name. I was inspired by the word of God. King Josiah 2Kings 2:22.
And yes some people pronouce it Joziah instead of Josiah.
Josiah was truley after Gods heart, and I pray everyday that my son Josiah will to be after Gods heart, as he grow up to be a mighty man of God" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 30, 2008: "My husband and I have just named our newborn son Josiah. Like many people who have written here, we choose the name after reading the account of King Josiah in the bible. His whole name is Josiah David Grace. A lot to live up to but we know that God will impact his life and all those he meets." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 12, 2008: "My name is also Josiah. If I had a lifetime to count the times my name was mispronounced, it still would not be enough. I've been called "Joziah," "Hoziah," "Joshua," "Josh," and the list still goes on. But I do enjoy the fact that my name is rare to come by. It's unique, it makes me feel original, and I've only met one person in my life with the same name. (Who happened to be my cousin whom my aunt adopted from Africa)" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Apr 16, 2008: "My name is Josiah. I've found that those who pronounce the "s" sound as a "z" sound are completely incapable of changing and will continue to pronounce the name incorrectly even when the discrepancy is pointed out. I've learned to deal with it. I can also relate to people wanting to name their children Josiah. It's flattering and makes me appreciate my name more than I already did. Also, I don't know of any of my peers ever saying "Josiah who?"" (Report as inappropriate)
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