Across the world, Jože (Jože 
, Joze 
, Йоже 
) is quite a common male given name. The first name Jože is habitual in Slovenia, where it is a common boy's name, Sierra Leone, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Croatia. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Slovenia, Brazil, and Sierra Leone. Much less frequently, Jože is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Jože | Germany, Austria, Croatia, United States, Slovenia |
| Joze | Guatemala, Croatia, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Brazil |
| Йоже | Ukraine |
Giuseppe, Husiy, Iosephus, Iosif, Iosip, Iossif, Joep, Joosef, Jooseppi, Jose, Joseba, Josef, Josep, Joseph, Josif, Josip, José, Jozeb, Jozef, Jozefo, Joža, Jožef, Jožko, Juozapas, Juozas, Jusuf, Józef, József, Osip, Ossip, Osyp, Seff, Yosef, Yoseph, Ιωσήφ, Восіп, Джозеф, Джозеф, Жозеф, Йозеф, Джозеф, Йозеф, Джузепе, Джузеппе, Жозе, Жозеп, Жозеф, Иосиф, Йожа, Йожеф, Йозеф, Йосеп, Йосеф,
Jože is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jože Jarc , character in Naša mala klinika.
| jože koller SI (b. 1798) |
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| jože rangus SI (b. 1807) |
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jože plečnik Slovenian architect, SI (b. 1872) |
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jože abram Slovene priest, writer and translator, SI (b. 1875) |
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jože debevec SI (b. 1867) |
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jože goričar SI (b. 1873) |
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jože basaj jurist and politician (1887-1973), SI (b. 1887) |
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jože pahor Slovenian writer (1888-1964), SI (b. 1888) |
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jože jelenec Slovene architect (1890-1967) (b. 1890) |
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| jože zelen SI (b. 1830) |
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| jože prelesnik SI (b. 1832) |
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jože grdina Slovene-American writer and activist (1892-1974), US (b. 1892) |
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jože jakša Professor of Medicine, University of Ljubljana (1895-1954), SI (b. 1895) |
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jože jenko SI (b. 1885) |
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jože dolgan SI (b. 1886) |
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Kos, Papotnik, Lajnšček, Lenart, Lužar, Tavčar, Torkar, Horvat, Hribar, Hrovat, Vidmar, Zabret, Možina, Turščak, Kastelic, Korošec, Ponikvar, Pirjevec, Debeljak, Drobnič, Zadravec, Slobodnik, Krajnc, Kranjc, Kramar, Košir, Murn, Snoj, Knez, Prah, Plut, Turk, Zajc, Smole, Kuhar, Kralj, Gregorič, Petek, Lekše, Novak, Zorko, Žarn, Marolt, Mlakar, Stopar, Bobič, Kotnik, Kovač, Godec, and Zupančič