Josias is a boy's name of Portuguese origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 212 boys in the United States.
Josias belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Josias first appears in Social Security records in 1975. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1030 in 2020, and in 2024 212 babies received the name — 3,267 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
More names from the Portuguese shelf:
The meaning of Josias is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Portuguese origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Josias is a boy name. In 2024, 212 babies received the name in the US.
Josias comes from the Portuguese tradition.
Josias first appears in US records in 1975. Its best-ever ranking was #1030 in 2020, and 212 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
NamePetal