Baby name
CLASSIC
🇧🇷 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 Josias
/zhoo · ZEE · ahs/
Meaning
“God supports or God heals”
Latinate form of Josiah, Hebrew Yoshiyahu meaning 'God supports' or 'God heals'; used in Portuguese-speaking and historically Lutheran communities.
Nicknames
josé
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Stately and somewhat forgotten; ripe for revival as biblical names trend back.
The cultural moment.
Used in Brazil and Portugal through the 20th century; Lutheran communities in Germany also carried the form.