Question about "Josiah".

[nanaboosmommy.livejournal.com]

What would be the feminine form? Is there a feminine form? If not, is there anything that could possibly be used as the feminine form?

Thanks.

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[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

There's no actual feminine form of the Hebrew name Josiah (Yoshiyahu, a "good king" famous for his religious reforms, which basically means killing tons of people and destroying lots of sanctuaries - but I'm sure you know the story).

The Hebrew Yoshiyahu actually means something like "supported of the Lord." I don't think Hebrew names normally have f/m equivalents.

Like someone said, the closest sound-wise would be Josephine, but the name Joseph comes from a totally different root in Hebrew and has no relation to Josiah, if that matters to you.

If you like names with a similar biblical "feel" there are lots of lovely women's names... Judith, Ruth, Esther, Rachel, Leah, Deborah, Hannah, Susannah... I'm drawing a blank but there are lots!

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

I justed checked my Heb lexicon (I am such a procrastinator...) and according to everything I've seen the name Josiah comes from the root "to support" - so it means something "the Lord supports."

Fire has a similar root, but that's not the origin of the name, as far as all my sources say :)

[solyma.livejournal.com]

If you like names with a similar biblical "feel" there are lots of lovely women's names... Judith, Ruth, Esther, Rachel, Leah, Deborah, Hannah, Susannah... I'm drawing a blank but there are lots!

adding to this is moriah or micaiah, which both have a similar ending as josiah.