Jozya as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jozya

What is the meaning of the name Jozya ?

The baby name Jozya is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdʒoʊzjə/ (JOHZ-yə).

Jozya is in Origin.

Jozya is a rare modern given name, most plausibly a creative variant of Josiah, from Hebrew Yoshiyahu, meaning “Yahweh supports” or “Yahweh heals.” The name’s biblical root is tied to King Josiah of Judah, whose reforms made his name enduring among Jews and later English-speaking Protestants from the 1600s onward; contemporary popularity has risen with inventive spellings.

Spelling in -ya gives Jozya a cross-cultural feel: it mirrors Slavic and Russian -ya endings and echoes forms like Joziah or Joziyah used in the United States. Related variants include Josiah, Josias, Joziah, Joziyah, Jozia, and Jozyah; feminine-leaning counterparts such as Zia or Ziya are sometimes associated by sound, though unrelated etymologically. Overall, Jozya preserves the uplifting Hebrew meaning while offering a distinctive, modern twist on a time-honored biblical name.

⚙ Jozya is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Jozya appears only 1 time in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.