Josiah

leahmary82

What do you think of the name Josiah? I love it. My H thinks it sounds weird and like a home school name. My H was homeschooled.

caittozer

Does have a bit of an Amish feel. I think the Duggers didn't help.

ellebee2

caittozer:

Does have a bit of an Amish feel. I think the Duggers didn't help.

This. What about Joseph or Joshua or Isaiah? 

Scarlett&Gatsby

It's definitely one of those biblical names that doesn't get used in the mainstream, so I guess I see what your husband means by "home school" name.

It's a fine enough name. NMS, but by no means bad. Just a little backwoodsy for my taste.

dairygirl19

It's on the top of my list!

I love it.

H says it's too girly sounding though.

inthelost

I rather like it too! 

DaisyZH

I love Josiah!  It is a bit traditional, but I like it.

provwife

I love the name Josiah...homeschooled or not...?

drunkindonuts

Does "homeschooled" have sort of bad connotation that I'm unaware of? Josiah is not my style, it reminds me of hippies.

sunlavender

CMSAV

I like Josiah. I know of one who has gone by the nn Siah. I think your child would create their own impressions of the name, homeschooled or not C;

HBirdie

My brother's name is Josiah... he isn't homeschooled, backwoods, hippie-ish, or odd in any way, so those associations don't make sense to me. :P He's always gone by Joe, I'd say it's about 50/50 on whether I'll say Joe or Josiah. His friends in high school did decide to call him "Jeb"/"Jebidiah" for awhile, which is much more backwoods to me. Blech. But teen boys will be teen boys, I guess?

I think it's a solid, classic, underused name and I like it a lot. 

doodlemonkey22

My cousin named her boy Josiah. My cousin lives in a major city and does not homeschool. It did take the family a while to get used to the name. My cousin's son is 5 now and we couldn't imagine him having any other name. We call him Jo a lot.

da731

My girls have a five-year-old Josiah in their swim class. When first I heard his name, it struck me as a rare choice, but as with all kids and names, the more you get used to the child; the more accessible the name becomes, too.

I wouldn't count it out, personally.

SWA80

My mom loves this name and keeps bringing it up. She is an elementary school teacher and there is a boy in the school named Josiah that used to be Amish, that's where she got it. 

gutsymama

I like it! 

Pepper6

Without any preconceptions, I think the name is fine.  However, my dad's cousin named all of their kids very biblical names, including Josiah.  They have 15 kids and live in a 3 bedroom house, they were homeschooled, didn't own a TV or radio, etc.  So I can see where your H is coming from, but in the end, the name is what YOU make it to be.