Jotham

Meaning of Jotham

Jotham, a masculine Hebrew appellation rooted in Yōṯām (meaning “Yahweh is complete” or “Yahweh is just”), emerges in the biblical narrative as the name of Judah’s fifteenth monarch, connoting a legacy of divinely endowed justice. In modern Anglo-American usage its phonetic profile—JOH-thum (AmE /dʒoʊˈθəm/, BrE /dʒoˈθəm/)—lends an air of classical reserve, while U.S. Social Security data from 2000 to 2024 reveal a consistently low incidence (annual births ranging between nine and thirty-six) and a 2024 rank of 896 with 28 occurrences, underscoring its appeal as a historically resonant yet distinctively uncommon choice.