Josiah (given name)

Josiah (/dʒoʊˈzaɪə/^[1]) is a given name derived from the Hebrew Yoshi-yahu (Hebrew: יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ, Modern Yošiyyáhu, Tiberian Yôšiyyāhû, "supported of Yahu (YHWH)".^[2]

The Latin form Josias was used in some early English translations of the Bible.

People with this name

• Josiah (641–609 BC), a King of Judah who instituted major reforms
• Josiah Bailey (1873-1946), U.S. senator from North Carolina
• Josiah Bartlett (1729–1795), American physician and statesman and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence
• Josiah Begole (1815–1896), U.S. Representative and 19th Governor of Michigan
• Josiah Child (1630-1699), English merchant, economist proponent of mercantilism, and governor of the East India Company
• Josiah Mushore Chinamano (died 1984), Zimbabwean politician
• Josiah Conder (architect) (1852–1920), British architect, first teacher of Japanese architects to build western-style buildings in Japan
• Josiah Conder (editor and author) (1789–1859), British author and editor
• Josiah Forster (1782–1870), English Quaker, teacher, anti-slavery advocate and philanthropist
• Josiah Francis (1890–1964), Australian politician and Minister for the Army
• Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903), American theoretical physicist, chemist, and mathematician
• Josiah Gorgas (1818-1883), Confederate general and chief of ordnance during the American Civil War, later president of the University of Alabama
• Josiah Harlan (1799–1871), a prince of Ghor and American adventurer in Afghanistan and Punjab
• Josiah Harmar (1753-1813), United States Army officer in the American Revolution and the Northwest Indian War, and the senior army officer from 1784 to 1791
• Josiah Henson (1789–1883), American author, abolitionist, minister and ex-slave widely believed to be the inspiration of Uncle Tom
• Josiah K. Lilly, Sr. (1861–1948), pharmaceutical industrialist, President of Eli Lilly and Company, and philanthropist
• Josiah Martin (1737-1786), last colonial governor of the Province of North Carolina
• Josiah Ng, Malaysian professional track cyclist
• Josiah Parker (1751–1810), member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia in the first six Congresses
• Josiah Quincy (disambiguation), various members of the same American family
• Josiah Royce (1855-1916), American objective idealist philosopher
• Josiah Doc Scurlock (1849-1929), American cowboy and gunfighter
• Josiah Spode (1733–1797), English potter and founder of the Spode pottery works
• Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp (1880-1941), British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician, writer, banker and director of the Bank of England
• Josiah Symon (1846–1934), Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician
• Josiah Taft (1709-1756), farmer, soldier and legislator in colonial Massachusetts
• Josiah Tattnall (1794-1871), officer in the United States Navy and the Confederate Navy
• Josiah Thomas (1863–1933), Cornish Australian miner and politician
• Josiah Tongogara (1938-1979), a commander of the ZANLA guerrilla army in Rhodesia expected to become the first President of Zimbabwe before his death
• Josiah Warren (1798–1874), individualist anarchist, inventor, musician, and author, widely regarded as the first American anarchist
• one of a family of British potters and entrepreneurs:
  • Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795), English potter, founder of the Wedgwood company, and abolitionist
  • Josiah Wedgwood II (1769–1843), son of the first Josiah Wedgwood
  • Josiah Wedgwood III (1795–1880), son of the second Josiah Wedgwood
  • Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood (1872–1943), a.k.a. Josiah Wedgwood IV, great grandson of the second Josiah Wedgwood and great nephew of the third
  • Josiah Wedgwood V (1899–1968), son of the fourth Josiah Wedgwood
• Josiah Whitney (1819–1896), American geologist, professor of geology at Harvard, and chief of the California Geological Survey
• Josiah Winslow (1628-1680), Pilgrim leader and governor of Plymouth Colony

Fictional characters

• Josiah Bartlet, President of the United States in the television series The West Wing
• Josiah Power, DC Comics superhero
• Josiah X, in the Marvel Comics Universe

References

1. "Josiah". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
2. Wells, John C. (1990). Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow, England: Longman. p. 386. ISBN 0-582-05383-8. entry "Josiah"