Jose

A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph, an anglicized spelling of Spanish José and Portuguese José.

Proper noun

  1. A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph, an anglicized spelling of Spanish José and Portuguese José.
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  2. A surname transferred from the given name, derived from the given name.

Origin

From Spanish/Portuguese José, from Hebrew. Doublet of Joseph.

Forms

José

Derived

no way Jose San Jose

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A female given name.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.

Origin

Originally as a diminutive form of Josephine, later also appearing as a given name.