Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name José

JOSÉ

GENDER: Masculine

PRONOUNCED: ho-SE (Spanish), zhoo-ZE (Portuguese) [key]

Meaning & History

Spanish and Portuguese form of JOSEPH

Related Names

DIMINUTIVES: Pepe, Pepito (Spanish), Zé, Zezé (Portuguese)

FEMININE FORMS: Josefa, Pepita (Spanish), Josefa (Portuguese)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Yousef, Youssef, Yusef, Yusuf (Arabic), Hovsep (Armenian), Joseba, Josepe (Basque), Joseph, Joses (Biblical), Ioseph, Ioses (Biblical Greek), Yosef (Biblical Hebrew), Ioseph (Biblical Latin), Yosif (Bulgarian), Josep (Catalan), Josip, Joško, Joso, Jozo (Croatian), Josef (Czech), Josef (Danish), Jozef, Jef, Joep, Joop, Joos, Joost, Jos, Sjef, Zef (Dutch), Joseph, Jo, Joe, Joey, Jojo (English), Jozefo, Joĉjo (Esperanto), Joosep (Estonian), Jooseppi, Juuso (Finnish), Joseph (French), Xosé (Galician), Josef, Joseph, Jo, Sepp, Seppel (German), Iosif (Greek), Yosef (Hebrew), Josephus (History), József, Jóska, Józsi (Hungarian), Seosamh (Irish), Giuseppe, Beppe, Peppe, Peppi, Peppino, Pino (Italian), Iosephus (Late Roman), Jāzeps (Latvian), Juozapas, Juozas (Lithuanian), Josif (Macedonian), Hohepa (Maori), Josef (Norwegian), Josèp (Occitan), Józef (Polish), Iosif (Romanian), Iosif, Osip (Russian), Seòsaidh (Scottish), Josif (Serbian), Jozef (Slovak), Josip, Jožef, Jože (Slovene), Josef (Swedish), Yusuf (Turkish), Yosyp (Ukrainian), Yussel (Yiddish)

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