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.
Pronunciation
British English
- Pronunced as JOH-thuhm (/dʒoˈθəm/)
American English
- Pronunced as JOH-thuhm (/dʒoʊˈθəm/)
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Notable People Named Jotham
| Jotham Powers Allds was an American lawyer and New York politician who briefly served as president pro tempore of the State Senate in 1910. |
| Jotham Post Jr. served as a U.S. Representative from New York. |
| Jotham Meeker was a Baptist missionary, printer, and teacher who worked among the Delaware, Ottawa, and Shawnee peoples. |
| Jotham Tumwesigye is a Ugandan lawyer who has served as a Supreme Court justice since 2009. |
| Jotham Napat is a Vanuatu politician who became Prime Minister in February 2025. |
