Josias
Josias is a male given name , derived from the Hebrew Josiah meaning "God heals", "God supports".
Well-known namesake
- Joschija (Hebrew: יאשיהו, also Josiah; around 647–609 BC), from 640 to 609 BC. King of the kingdom of Judah (southern kingdom) from the dynasty of the Davids in the kingdom of Israel
- Josias Braun-Blanquet (née Braun; 1884–1980), Swiss botanist
- Christian Karl Josias von Bunsen (1791–1860), Prussian ambassador
- Josias Just (* 1953), Swiss composer, arranger, music teacher and clarinet player
- Josias Kumpf (1925–2009), Danube Swabian concentration camp guard
- Josias Lorck (also Josias Lorichs; 1723–1785), German pastor and Bible collector
- Josias Moli (* 1954), politician and former incumbent president of Vanuatu
- Josias Rowley (1765–1842), British admiral
- Franz Josias (Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld) (1697–1764)
- Friedrich Josias Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1918–1998), from 1954 to 1998 boss and head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737–1815), Reich Field Marshal and last Imperial Field Marshal General
- Josias Simler (also Josias Simmler; 1530–1576), Swiss theologian and national historian
- Heinrich Wilhelm Josias Thiersch (1817–1885), German philologist, theologian and church servant of the early Catholic-Apostolic communities
- Josias I (Waldeck) (Josias I of Waldeck-Eisenberg; 1554–1588), Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg
- Josias I (Waldeck-Bergheim) (1696–1763)
- Josias II (Waldeck-Bergheim)
- Josias (Waldeck-Wildungen) (1636–1669), major general in Brunswick
- Josias zu Waldeck and Pyrmont (1896–1967), SS-Obergruppenführer
- Josias Weitbrecht (1702–1747), anatomist from Württemberg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Josias on www.behindthename.com (English)
- ↑ Josiah with etymology of the name on www.behindthename.com (English)