# Jehoshaphat (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jehoshaphat/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “yahweh”, “to judge”, “yahweh has judged” |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.ʃəˌfæt/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jehosaphat, Josaphat, Jehosophat |
| US babies named this | 26 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 26 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew יְהוֹשָׁפָט, from יהוה (“Yahweh”) + שָׁפַט (shafát, “to judge”), meaning "Yahweh has judged".

## What it means

Jehoshaphat is grouped under god and justice.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | 11,379 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,490 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,537 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,142 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 约沙法
- Greek: Ἰωσαφάτ
- Hebrew: יהושפט
- Irish: Ióiseáfát
- Italian: Giosafat
- Latin: Iosaphat, Iōsāphātus
- Polish: Jozafat
- Portuguese: Josafá
- Romanian: Iosafat
- Russian: Иосафа́т

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.