Name - Josiah

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Hi all, we recently found out that baby 2 is a boy! This has brought some focus to our name conversations. Our favourite first name at the moment is Josiah. I've never met anyone with that name, but we like the look, sound, and meaning of it. What do people think of it as a name?
What nicknames do Josiahs end up with? Joe? Si?

Jed.

Ever watched The West Wing?

Totally normal name.

Though I suppose you will get comments that he will be called Josie - female name, so degrading for a boy inviting bulliying = ignore them

It’s quite popular in Christian circles as it’s a lovely Bible name - I think it’s a great choice.

I like it. I have only heard it used in very religious families. Brothers called Amos, Isaac etc

I like it, I don’t think I’ve come across one before.

He might get Joe, do you like Joe as well? I love Joe.

It's a lovely name, I came across a few when I was a nursery nurse. I would assume you were very religious but that's not necessarily a bad thing

Love it.

I've also only ever known it shortened into Joss but most just use the full name as it's not overly long

Though I suppose you will get comments that he will be called Josie - female name

It's actually a unisex name. I used to work with a male Josie. But granted, it's more popular as a girls name.

The Outlaw Josie Wales - what would that have been. Joseph?

I know a preschooler Josiah. Not a strongly religious family, as far as I know. His mum calls him zhi (kind of like Si but not a strong ssss sound). I love Joe as a nn too.

I quite like it. I met one at one of my kids' activity classes.

It was a name I loved for ds, but funnily enough I liked it less when I heard it irl... I think it's better written down to me.

It’s the name of one of the Duggars 😬 he gets called Si. It’s a bit too religious sounding for me.

Only Josiah I know is called Josh

I like it and it was pretty high up on my list of names for DS who is four months so I imagine it might be a popular one right now

Could shorten to Jo or Jos

Even Si but don't like that

The only Josiah we know is known as Joey.

I really like it. Joe, Jed and Josh I guess would be the nicknames.

Sounds a little too Amish/Biblical for my taste.

I lile it. Josiah Duggar is called Si or Siah.

I only know one, and the family aren't particularly religious. His sister has an unusual, non religious name. He's only ever called Josiah.

I’ve come across it in Victorian novels.
I quite like it, but of course it’s bound to be shortened to Joe, maybe not by you but by many others!

Excellent name. NN Joe or Joss, both good.

I used to know a family with a son called Josiah, they were a religious family?
But I do like the name.

I would assume your family is very religious, it has a 'strict' sound, to me.

I know we shouldn't make assumptions based on a person's name, but in reality we do.

I wanted it for DS but he would have been Jed after president Bartlet.
My DD was nearly Abbie for the same reason