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 [ 2 syll. jo-se, jos-e ] The boy name Jose is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is HHOWZEY KEY. Jose is largely used in the Portuguese language and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Jose is a variant of the name Joseph (English, French, and German). Jose is very popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1910s. At the height of its usage in 2002, 0.623% of baby boys were given the name Jose. Its ranking then was #30. In 2008, its usage was 0.451% and its ranking #41. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Jose, Joseph (English, French, and German) was the most popular. In 2008, it was 68% more commonly used than Jose. Jose has in the past century been predominantly given to boys. Baby names that sound like Jose include José (Portuguese and Spanish), Haiko (German), Haji, Hajo (German), Hako (Scandinavian), Hasso (German), Hawkeye (English), Heikki (Finnish), Heiko (German), Heshi (Yiddish), Hesus (Spanish), Hoagy (English), Hodges (English), Hugo (English, Dutch, German, Latinized, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Haig, Hasse (Scandinavian), Hauke (Frisian and German), Hawk (English), Hawke (English), and Hayes (English). KEY: English pronunciation for Jose: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"   |
