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Hosea

Pronounced /ˌhoʊˈziːə/

Rank in 2024
#2,351
Born in 2024
60
Peak year
1925 · #767
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 60 boys were named Hosea, about 1 in every 28,589.
  • It peaked in 1925 with 74 babies, ranked #767.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 5,414 boys have been named Hosea since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Hosea per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 1,025 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 803 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 995 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 610 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 487 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 522 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 685 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Latin Hōsēās, from Ancient Greek Ὡσηέ (Hōsēé), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשֵׁעַ (hōšḗaʿ, “Hosea”), from the masculine singular imperative of הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”).

  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/ˌhoʊˈziːə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Hosea, CC BY-SA 4.0.