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What does Jose mean?
Jose 
▼ as a boys' name is of Spanish and Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Jose is "Jehovah increases". Variant of Joseph. Baseball player Jos� Canseco; opera singer Jos� Carreras.
STARTS WITH Jo-
Variations
VARIANTS Joseito, Pepe, Pepito
OTHER FORMS VIA JOSEPH Che, Iosef, Iosep, Iosif, Iosip, Jo, Jodi, Jodie, Jody▼, Joey▼, Joop, Joos, Josef, Josep, Josephe, Josif, Josip, Joss, Josue▲, Joszef, Jozef, Yousef▲
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jose Aydan (J.A.), ..
How popular is Jose?
Jose is a very prominent first name for males (#28 out of 1220, Top 2%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#4435 out of 150436, Top 3%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Jose reached its peak position of #28 in the U.S. in 2004, and is currently at #89. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Joseph (#23 LAST YEAR), Josue (#225), Joey (#742), Yousef (#790), Josef (#1819), Che, Jo, Jodi, Jodie and Jody are the popular related forms of Jose (#89) rated in the Top 2000. Other forms, like Josif, are uncommon. These forms of Jose were popular as baby names 108 years ago (MEDIAN #1509) and are now much less widespread (#1244, ▼67.7%), with versions like Jose falling out of fashion. Josue and Yousef are two of the more chic boy names in this compilation.
Similar Names
Jose▼ is alike in pronunciation to Hosea▼ and Hoseia. Other recommended sound-alike names are Anse, Ase, Boase, Brose, Case▲, Jace▲, Jade, Jae, Jake▼, Jame, Janse, Jase▼, Jasen▼, Jaye, Jere, Jess▼, Jesse▼, Joab, Joao, Joash, Job, Jobe, Joben, Joby, Jock, Jodey, Joe▼, Joed, Joel, John▼, Jomei, Jon▼, Jona, Jones, Jonn, Jonte, Joost, Jorel, Joren, Jorey, Jorg, Jorge, Jori, Jorie, Jorje, Jorn, Jory, Josh▼, Josia, Josua, Jove, Jovi, Jude▲, Jule, June, Just, Juste, Moise, Morse, Mose▼ and Rosse. These names tend to be less commonly used than Jose.
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