Josiah

Josiah is a male given name of Hebrew origin meaning "God supports".

Well-known namesake

Josiah Bartlett (1729–1795), British-American physician and politician
Josiah Begole (1815-1896), American politician
Josiah Abigail Patterson Campbell (1830–1917), Confederate States politician
Josiah Child (1630–1699), English merchant, economist and mercantilist
Josiah Latimer Clark (1822–1898), English engineer
Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903), American physicist
Josiah Gilbert (1814-1892), English painter, draftsman, explorer and art writer and art critic
Josiah Grout (1841–1925), American politician
Josiah Harlan (1799–1871), American traveler and adventurer
Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–1881), American writer
Josiah Jamison (* 1982), American athlete
Josiah Harmar (1753–1813), officer in the United States Army
Josiah Mwangi Kariuki (1929–1975), politician in Kenya
Josiah McCracken (1874–1962), American athlete and surgeon
Josiah Clark Nott (1804–1873), American physician and racial theorist
Josiah Quincy II (1744–1775), American lawyer
Josiah Ritchie (1870–1955), British tennis player
Josiah Gordon Scurlock (1849–1929), American cowboy and gunslinger
Josiah Tattnall senior (1764 - 1803), American politician
Josiah Thomas (1863–1933), Australian politician
Josiah Warren (1798–1874), American social reformer, musician, inventor, and writer
Josiah Wedgwood (entrepreneur, 1730) , English entrepreneur