Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Masculine Usage Dutch (Rare) Pronounced Pron. yo-ZEE-ahs [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 5/28/2010 by Lucille Edited 10/8/2019 by Lucille Meaning & History Dutch variant spelling of JOSIAS. A well-known bearer of this name is Jozias van Aartsen (b. 1947), the former Dutch minister of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs.