| Name info: About the name José in particular | | Gender: | male |
| Languages of use: | Portuguese, Spanish |
| Diminutives: | Joselito, Pepe, Pepito |
| Topics: | Asteroid 1423 Jose, discovered 1936 |
| US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
| Similarly written: | Jose, Jase, Joe, Jole, Jone, Josée, Josef, Josh, Josi, Josie Details |
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| Group info: About Joseph/Josepha, the group of names with the same origin as José | | Meaning/translation: | He (God) will add |
| Language of origin: | Hebrew |
| Info about origin, male: | the name is interpreted as May God add another son |
| | in the Old Testament Joseph is the 11th son of Jacob, advisor to the pharaoh in Egypt, and thus the name of one of the 12 tribes of Israel |
| | in the New Testament Joseph is the husband of Maria, the mother of Jesus |
| Words: | yacaph = to add, to increase Hebrew |
| Topics: | 12 Tribes of Israel, New Testament, Old Testament |
| Variants' top ranks: | 1:José Guatemala 2022, 1:Yusuf Turkey 2021, 1:Yusif Azerbaijan 2020, 2:Josef Austria 2015, 2:Josip Croatia 2011, 3:József Hungary 2014, 4:Josefa Spain 2015, 6:Josefine Denmark 2017, 7:Joseph USA 2003, 9:Joséphine Paris 2019 |
| Somehow related to: | Giosch |
| Name variants: | Beppina, Fien, Fiene, Giuseppa, Giuseppina, Guiseppa, Guiseppina, Josée, Josefa, Josefin, Josefina, Josefine, Josepha, Josephine, Joséphine, Josette, Josi, Josiane, Josianne, Josie, Josina, Josipa, Jozefien, Jozefina, Nuccia, Pepita, Peppina, Pien, Pinuccia, Beppe, Beppo, Giuseppe, Giuseppino, Giusy, Guiseppe, Isuf, Jo, Jody, Joe, Joep, Joey, Joos, Joscha, Joschka, Jose, José, Josef, Joselito, Joseph, Josip, Joska, Jozef, Józef, József, Jupp, Jusuf, Juuso, Nuccio, Pepe, Pepito, Peppe, Peppino, Peppone, Pino, Pinuccio, Sep, Sepp, Seppi, Usop, Yosef, Yossi, Youcef, Yousef, Youssef, Youssouf, Yusif, Yusuf, Zé, Zef Sortable list Details |
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