The name Josiah comes from the Hebrew name Yoshiyahu, which is composed of the Hebrew elements yoshi, meaning "support," and yah, referring to the Hebrew God. Therefore, it translates to "God supports." Josiah was scarcely used in the United States throughout much of the 1900s before gaining popularity in the 1980s. It cracked the top-200 for boy names in 1999 and has now been a top-100 boy's name every year since 2008. It's also the name "Little People, Big World" stars Zach and Tori Roloff gave their son Josiah Luke, born in 2022.
