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Josias - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Josias

[ syll. jo-sias, jos-i-as ] The boy name Josias is pronounced as JHowSiyahZ KEY. Josias is mainly used in English and German, and it is of Hebrew origin. Josias is a variant form of the English name Josiah.

Josias is uncommon as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the group of boy names directly related to Josias, the English Josiah was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Josias include the Russian Jakow, the Polish Jasio, the German Jesaja, the Hebrew Jeshua, the Spanish Jesuso, the German Joahas, the English Joahaz, the English Joesiah, the German Joschua, the English Joshua, the English Josiah, the German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian Josua, the Hungarian Jozsua, the Italian Giosia, the Italian Giosue, the Italian Giosuè, the English Jacee, the English Jacey, the English Jaci, and the English Jacie.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Josias: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"


 
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