Given name & surname
Ozias
“power of Yah”·“Yah is strong”·“Yah is my strength”
Ozias is used as a given name and a surname.
Original Hebrewעזיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Ozias means “power of Yah,” “Yah is strong” or “Yah is my strength.”
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Where it comes from
Ozias is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb 'azaz (עזז), “to be strong.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Ozias appears in Matthew 1:8, Matthew 1:9.
- Matthew 1:8
- Matthew 1:9
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Ozias through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,066
- 2,066 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 381 babies
- 2025
- 381
- #708 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +174%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 381 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 708 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 173.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (47). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 601 as a first name in 2020; 211 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ozias’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 23
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ozias
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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