José name meaning

Gender: Boy
Origin: Hebrew
Usage: Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Danish and Finnish
Meaning: He (God) Will Add, God Adds and God Would Multiply
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What does José mean?

José's meaning is He (God) Will Add, God Adds or God Would Multiply is originated from Hebrew, used specifically in Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Portuguese is a baby boy name. José is celebrated on March 19th.

Variants of José

Joseph, Josef, Guiseppe, Joey, Aaronjoseph, Josephanthony, Josip, Giuseppe, Jonah, Joei, Joel, Jo, Aharon, Aaron

Names that rhyme with José

How popular is the name José?

a popular name in France having over 58655 recievers in 157 years of usage. At present the name is rising, in 1967, the moniker grabbed the 47th spot and 2125 baby boys were given the name.

In addition to that, the given name has been in the top 50 baby names 4 times José is an uncommon baby name in Switzerland where it has been in use since 1999 and peaked in 2004 when it ranked 441st.

There are over 180 babies that have been given the name José in Switzerland. In Belgium, it has been in use since 1998 and achieved its top ranking of 630 in 1998.

However things change on global perspective, José is extremely popular in Angola where every 1 in 90 have the name as well as in, Portugal, Brazil and Mozambique. Also the baby name is popular in Spain, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mexico, Cape Verde, Guatemala, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

According to our research, over 1030000 babies have been named José globally.

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  •  Sasikka - The prevailing unisex name Sasikka is used specifically in Finnish and Tamil. Sasikka is Finnish cognate of Sasa
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Famous people named José

  • José Bové, French farmer, politician and syndicalist
  • José de Acosta, sixteenth-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist
  • José Luis Tejada Sorzano, Bolivian lawyer and politician appointed by the military as president of Bolivia during the Chaco War
  • José Santos Zelaya, President of Nicaragua
  • José Meiffret, cyclist
  • José María Reina Barrios, was President of Guatemala
  • José Gregorio Hernández, Dr
  • José María Guido, 33rd President of Argentina
  • José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party
  • José López Portillo y Rojas, Mexican lawyer, politician and man of letters
  • José Antonio Páez, Venezuelan leader
  • José Hernández, Argentine journalist, poet
  • José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general
  • José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, was 35th President of Costa Rica
  • José Francisco Barrundia, liberal Central American politician
  • José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican political printmaker and engraver whose work has influenced many Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its satirical acuteness and social engagement
  • José Miguel Alemán, Panamanian politician
  • José María Garza Galán, Mexican politician
  • José Laurel III, aide-de-camp of President Jose P. Laurel during the World War II period
  • José Félix Uriburu, first 'de facto' President of Argentina
  • José Figueroa Alcorta, was President of Argentina
  • José Evaristo Uriburu, was President of Argentina
  • José María Reina Andrade, acting President of Guatemala
  • José María Orellana, political and military leader in Guatemala
  • José de la Torre Ugarte y Alarcón, Peruvian lyricist
  • José María Ruda, Argentine jurist
  • José María Velasco Ibarra, Ecuadorian politician
  • José Eusebio Otalora, Colombian statesman and General
  • José Tomás Ovalle, Chilean political figure
  • José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, Portuguese political figure
  • José Watanabe, Peruvian poet who won a number of literary awards
  • José Félix Estigarribia, decorated Paraguayan war hero and an elected President of Paraguay for the Liberal party
  • José T. Joya, Filipino abstract artist and a National Artist of the Philippines awardee
  • José Arce, Argentine physician, politician and diplomat
  • José Antonio Mora, Uruguayan lawyer and diplomat
  • José María Gil-Robles, Spanish politician
  • José Agustín, Mexican novelist
  • José Silva, American self-taught parapsychologist and author of the "Silva Method" and the "Silva UltraMind ESP System", intended to help people increase their IQ
  • José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Escandón was one of three sons of Juan de Escandón and Francisca de la Helguera
  • José María Ruiz-Mateos, Spanish businessman and politician
  • José Posada, first member of the Parliament to use Galician
  • José María Arguedas, Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist
  • José Rondeau, general and politician in Argentina and Uruguay
  • José Sánchez del Río, Mexican Cristero
  • José Miguel Arroyo Delgado, bullfighter from Spain
  • José María Bocanegra, Mexican lawyer and politician
  • José Lutzenberger, Brazilian environmentalist
  • José María Linares, was president of Bolivia from 1857 to 1861
  • José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, and essayist
  • José M. Hernández, American engineer and former NASA astronaut
  • José Saramago, Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize
  • José Ramos-Horta, East Timorese politician

Sources

  1. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2540004
  2. Sociale Verzekeringsbank, https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/family-names-and-first-names/first-names-boys-and-girls
  3. Office fédéral de la statistique, https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/population/naissances-deces/prenoms-nouveaux-nes.html
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