Oseias

Gender: Boy
Say it: oh-ZAY-us
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #3,035 for boys

Oseias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).

What does Oseias mean?

Hebrew: Portuguese form of Hosea

“salvation”

Hosea is the first of the twelve minor prophets of the Bible.

Is Oseias a girl's or a boy's name?

Oseias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Oseias in the US?

Rank in 2025: #3,035among boys
Babies in 2025: 40about 1 in 43,000 boys
Five-year trend: Risingup 48% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Oseias, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 118 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.

2025 had more boys named Oseias than any year since 2017.

Half of all the boys named Oseias in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

2016Busiest: 118 in 20172025

Oseias in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	40	#3,035
2024	38	#3,159
2023	20	#4,882
2022	26	#4,086
2021	15	#5,771
2020	16	#5,447
2019	19	#4,947
2018	31	#3,520
2017	118	#1,449
2016	10	#7,600

Names like Oseias

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Thiago Ozias Aziel Atreus Ermias Azriel Ares Eliam Cassian Josias Jaziel Caspian

Names related to Oseias

Osias Oseas Esias Osei

More Hebrew names

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Oseias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oseias, updated 20 October 2026.