From Sino-Korean 成 (seong) meaning “completed, finished, succeeded” or 星 (seong) meaning “star, planet” combined with 鎭 (jin) meaning “town, marketplace” or 震 (jin) meaning “shake, tremor, excite”. Other hanja character combinations are also possible.
People with the name Josias have a deep inner need for quiet, and a desire to understand and analyze the world they live in, and to learn the deeper truths.
From a Latin name, a diminutive of Petronia, the feminine form of Petronius. This was the name of an obscure 1st-century Roman saint, later believed to be a daughter of Saint Peter.