Forename Josias

Throughout the world, Josias (Josias , Josías , Йосиас) is a common masculine forename. The given name Josias is characteristic of Brazil, where it is quite a common boy's name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common mostly male, but uncommonly female name, and South Africa, where it is quite a rare male name. Much less frequently, Josias is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Josias is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Josias

name Josías, name Jôsias, name ヨシヤ, name Josiah, name Jósias, name 约西亚, name Josias, name Giosia, name جوزيه

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Josias	South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Josías	Peru, Paraguay, Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala

First names said to be same

Giosia, Josiah, Jósias, Jôsias, جوزيه, ヨシヤ, and 约西亚

First name Josias in the context

Josias is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Josiah Bartlet , the character in The West Wing; Josiah S. Carberry , the fictional professor, used in jokes; Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin , the lead character in The Sunless City by J. E. Preston Muddock and namesake of Q666831; Josiah X , the fictional character in Marvel Comics and Josiah Power , the comics character, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	josias simmler Swiss theologian, CH (b. 1530)
	josias marcus DE (b. 1527)
	josias rihel printer (1525-1597) (b. 1525)
	josias shute English priest, GB (b. 1588)
	josias bodley English military engineer, GB (b. 1550)
	josias habrecht Swiss watchmaker and musical instrument maker, CH (b. 1552)
	josias nicholls Church of England minister and religious controversialist (b. 1553)
	josias i. graf von waldeck-eisenberg Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1578-1588), DE (b. 1554)
	josias rantzau Danish military, marshal of France, FR (b. 1609)
	josias mercier French philologist, FR (b. 1560)
	josias stimmer CH (b. 1555)
	josias berault (b. 1563)
	josias staedel French publisher (1627-1700), FR (b. 1627)
	josias ii. von waldeck-wildungen Major general in Brunswick and co-ruler of Waldeck-Wildungen, DE (b. 1636)
	josias glaser (b. 1588)

Characteristic surnames

Melo, Barros, Junior, Vieira, Martins, Machado, Moreira, Santana, Almeida, Andrade, Cardoso, Barbosa, Batista, Pereira, Ribeiro, Freitas, Carvalho, Ferreira, Oliveira, Conceicao, Rodrigues, Goncalves, Campos, Araujo, Soares, Santos, Cruz, Rosa, Reis, Dias, Lima, Neto, Moura, Silva, Sousa, Souza, Fernandes, Alves, Brito, Pinto, Ramos, Rocha, Gomes, Lopes, Jesus, Nunes, Filho, Moraes, Costa, and Nascimento