Forename José

Throughout the world, José (Jose , José , יוסף , among others...) is a prevalent boy's forename. The first name José is habitual in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Mexico, where it is a prevalent male name, Nicaragua, and Brazil (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. Likewise, José is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish José is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name José

name Jazep, name Iosephus, name Iossif, name Osyp, name Восіп, name Jožko, name Che, name Juozas, name József, name Jožef, name Pepe, name Jozefo, name ホセ, name Juozapas, name יוסף, name Josef, name María José, name Joseba, name Jozeb, name José, name خوسيه, name Jose, name Ossip, name Józef, name Husiy, name Joseph, name Jose Tomas, name José Tomás, name Xosé, name Yoseph, name חוסה, name Xose, name Osip, name Jože, name Хосе, name Joosef, name Joep, name Giuseppe, name Chuse, name Seff, name Ιωσήφ, name Jusuf, name Yazep, name Yosef, name Zé, name Chusé, name Jooseppi, name Iosif, name Джозеф, name Josif, name Yusuf, name Toma, name Iosip, name Chema, name Jozef, name Josep, name Josip

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Jose, José	Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela
יוסף, חוסה	Israel
ホセ	Japan
Хосе	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia
خوسيه	Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Palestinian Territory

First names said to be same

Che, Chema, Chuse, Chusé, Giuseppe, Husiy, Iosephus, Iosif, Iosip, Iossif, Jazep, Joep, Joosef, Jooseppi, Jose Tomas, Joseba, Josef, Josep, Joseph, Josif, Josip, José Tomás, Jozeb, Jozef, Jozefo, Jože, Jožef, Jožko, Juozapas, Juozas, Jusuf, Józef, József, María José, Osip, Ossip, Osyp, Pepe, Seff, Toma, Xose, Xosé, Yazep, Yosef, Yoseph, Yusuf, Zé, Ιωσήφ, Восіп, Джозеф,

First name José in the context

José is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Joseph , the Christian saint; husband of Mary and father of Jesus, Presentation of Jesus at the Temple; José Carioca , the fictional character created by Disney, a Brazilian parrot, The Three Caballeros; Caiaphas , the Jewish High Priest (c. 14 BC - c. 46 AD); José Gaspar , the apocryphal Spanish pirate and José Arcadio Buendía , character in One Hundred Years of Solitude, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	josé pichón (b. 1301)
	josé sapateiro explorer (b. 1401)
	josé anchorena (b. 1410)
	josé vizinho PT (b. 1450)
	josé de anchieta Spanish Jesuit missionary, ES (b. 1534)
	josé de acosta Spanish missionary and writer, ES (b. 1540)
	josé de sigüenza Spanish theologian, ES (b. 1544)
	josé calasanz writer, ES (b. 1556)
	josé de villaviciosa Spanish author, ES (b. 1589)
	josé de ribera Spanish (Valencian) painter 1591-1652, ES (b. 1591)
	josé de argáiz y pérez Roman Catholic archbishop, ES (b. 1592)
	josé gonzález de uzqueta ES (b. 1583)
	josé teixeira Portuguese Dominican theologian (1543-1620), PT (b. 1543)
	josé de niño author (17th century) (b. 1601)
	josé pellicer Spanish writer and literary critic (1602-1679), ES (b. 1602)

Forename José

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name José

First names said to be same

First name José in the context

Notable namesakes

Characteristic surnames