Josiah
Gender: M
Origin of Josiah: Hebrew
Meaning of Josiah: "God supports, heals"
Josiah's Popularity in 2011: #80
Josiah -- a biblical name with lots of quaint, old-fashioned charm -- makes a much fresher sounding alternative to either Joseph or Joshua, combining the best of both. Josiah is now at Number 77--and climbing.
In the Old Testament, Josiah was an upright king of Judah; two Josiahs, Wedgwood and Spode, founded the fine English potteries that bear their names. Josiah Bartlett was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the President on The West Wing shared his name, being a fictional descendant.
Charles Dickens used the name for a character in his novel Hard Times and Josiah Borden is a character in Eugene O'Neill's tragedy Mourning Becomes Electra..
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