Jose

Where Jose comes from

From Spanish/Portuguese José, from Hebrew. Doublet of Joseph.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jose
  • Spanish
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Jose through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #161 among boys, with 84 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1952
    Jose Advincula born
    Filipino Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal
  3. 1992
    Jose Baxter born
    British footballer
  4. 2004
    Peak, #28
    12,187 babies named Jose, its best rank.
  5. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #72.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph, an anglicized spelling of Spanish José and Portuguese José.
  • A female given name.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.
Namesakes
  • Jose Advincula · Filipino Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal, born 1952
  • Jose Baxter · British footballer, born 1992
  • Jose Pablo Cantillo · American actor, born 1979
  • Jose W. Diokno · Filipino politician, 1922–1987
  • Jose Kaimlett · Indian catholic priest, 1941–2018

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.