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Jose¹

  • /hoʊˈzeɪ/ US
  • /həʊˈzeɪ/ UK
  • /ˈdʒəʊz/
  • /ˈdʒoːs/

Rhymes with -əʊzeɪ, -eɪ, -əʊz

Where it comes from

From Spanish/Portuguese José, from Hebrew. Doublet of Joseph.

proper noun José

  1. A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph, an anglicized spelling of Spanish José and Portuguese José. Some Rizaliana collectors deem the blue 1959 Jose Rizal Definitive to be the most attractive Rizal stamp.
  2. A surname transferred from the given name, derived from the given name.

Jose²

  • /hoʊˈzeɪ/ US
  • /həʊˈzeɪ/ UK
  • /ˈdʒəʊz/
  • /ˈdʒoːs/

Rhymes with -əʊzeɪ, -eɪ, -əʊz

Where it comes from

Originally as a diminutive form of Josephine, later also appearing as a given name.

proper noun

  1. A female given name.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.

JOSE³

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of JSON Object Signing and Encryption, a group of web standards. For a JWS, the JOSE Header members are the union of the members of these values (each of which is defined in Section 2):[…]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: diego, mary, joseph, mari, jos, goss, there, hose, chak, lucien, ramiro, taek, joey, josef, giuseppe, yosef

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"Jose." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jose. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Jose. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jose

Chicago

"Jose." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jose.

BibTeX
@misc{jose_2026,
  title = {Jose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}