Yosias
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yoh-SEE-ahs
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Yosias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God supports”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Yosias mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and German form of Josiah
“God supports”
Josiah was a king of Judah in the Bible, remembered for his religious reforms.
Is Yosias a girl's or a boy's name?
Yosias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yosias in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Yosias, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th.
2025 had the most boys named Yosias of any year since it first appeared, in 2016.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Yosias in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
Names like Yosias
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elias, Tobias, Matteo, Elijah, Ezra, Matthias, Jesse, Matias, Myles, Theodore, Asher, Axel
Names related to Yosias
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yosias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yosias, updated 20 October 2026.