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 [ 3 syll. ho-sea, hos-ea ] The boy name Hosea is pronounced as HHowZIYah or HHowZEYah KEY. Hosea is mainly used in English and German. It is of Hebrew origin. The name Hosea means salvation. Biblical name derived from the words 'hoshea' ; 'sha' to help, to deliver. The generic name has been used in the Old Testament of the Bible. The Hebrew name Hoshea is a form of the name. Hosea is uncommon as a baby boy name. At the height of its usage in 1902, 0.019% of baby boys were named Hosea. It had a ranking of #407 then. The baby name has seen a substantial fall in frequency since then, and is today used on a very modest scale. Within all boy names in its family, Hosea was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Hosea include the Japanese Hisashi, the name Hisoka, the Hebrew Hoshea, the German Haiko, the name Haji, the German Hajo, the Scandinavian Hako, the German Hasso, the English Hawkeye, the Finnish Heikki, the German Heiko, the Yiddish Heshi, the Spanish Hesus, the English Hezekiah, the English Hoagy, the English Hodges, the English, Dutch, German, Latinized, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Hugo, the Portuguese Jose, the Portuguese and Spanish José, and the name Haig. KEY: Pronunciation for Hosea: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
