José is the Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 and Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

 form of the given name Joseph

Joseph (name)

Joseph is a name originating from Hebrew, recorded in the Hebrew Bible, as יוֹסֵף, Standard Hebrew Yosef, Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic Yôsēp̄. In Arabic, including in the Qur'an, the name is spelled يوسف or Yūsuf. The name can be translated from Hebrew יהוה להוסיף Yihoh Lhosif as signifying "YHWH...

. While spelled alike, they are pronounced differently in each language: xoˈse in Spanish and ʒoˈze in Portuguese.

One of the common Spanish diminutives of the name is "Pepe", which probably derives from the Italian "Beppe", short for Giuseppe (Joseph in Italian) or may be based on an abbreviation of "Papa Putativo" (Pé Pé) recalling the role of St Joseph in this predominantly Catholic country. In some Latin American countries, the diminutives "Cheché" and "Chepe" are used.

In Portuguese, the most widely used diminutive form of the name is "Zé", and less used forms include "Zeca", "Zezé", "Zuca", and "Juca". The name is also commonly used as part of a composed given name, such as José Manuel, José Maria, or António José.

People

• José, Prince of Brazil
• José Acasuso
  José Acasuso
  José Javier "Chucho" Acasuso is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like many of his fellow countrymen, he favours clay. He is known for his strong serve and his hard groundstrokes off both sides...
  
  , Argentinian tennis player
• José Ádem
  José Ádem
  José Ádem Chaín was a Mexican mathematician who worked inalgebraic topology, and proved the Ádem relations between Steenrod squares....
  
   (1921–1991), Mexican mathematician
• José Alarcón
  José Alarcón
  Juan José Alarcón García is a male professional road cyclist from Venezuela.-Career:20072008Juan José Alarcón García is a male professional road cyclist from Venezuela.-Career:2007...
  
  , Venezuelan road cyclist
• José de Anchieta
  José de Anchieta
  José de Anchieta was a Canarian Jesuit missionary to Brazil in the second half of the 16th century. A highly influential figure in Brazil's history in the 1st century after its discovery on April 22, 1500 by a Portuguese fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral, Anchieta was one of the founders of...
  
  , Canarian Jesuit missionary to Brazil
• José Manuel Albentosa
  José Manuel Albentosa
  José Manuel Albentosa Ferrer is a retired long-distance runner from Spain. He represented his native country in the men's 10.000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  , Spanish long-distance runner
• José Alberto
  José Alberto
  José Alberto is a Dominican salsa singer. José Alberto moved to Puerto Rico with his family at the age of 7, and inspired by Latin music went on to polish his singing at Las Antillas Military Academy...
  
  , Dominican salsa singer
• José Millán Astray
  José Millán Astray
  José Millán-Astray y Terreros was a Spanish soldier, the founder and first commander of the Spanish Foreign Legion, and a major early figure of Francisco Franco's Regime in Spain.- Early life :...
  
  , Spanish General and founder of the Spanish Foreign Legion
• José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, former Prime Minister of Portugal
• José Bautista
  José Bautista
  José Antonio Bautista is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. Though now primarily a right fielder, having been a utility player in the past, he has major league experience at six different positions...
  
  , Dominican-born major league baseball outfielder
• José Benavidez
  Jose Benavidez
  José Luis Benavidez is an undefeated Mexican-American professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division. He is the son of boxing trainer Jose Benavidez, Sr. of Arcelia, Guerrero, Mexico. From two years old until he was 17, Jose jr. was raised in Phoenix, Arizona.-Amateur career:Benavidez Jr...
  
  , Undefeated Mexican-American boxer and is considered the best prospect in boxing
• José Bové
  José Bové
  Joseph Bové is a French farmer and syndicalist, member of the alter-globalization movement, and spokesman for Via Campesina. He was one of the twelve official candidates in the 2007 French presidential election...
  
  , French syndicalist
• José Calderón
  José Calderón (basketball)
  José Manuel Calderón Borrallo is a Spanish professional basketball player who plays for the National Basketball Association's Toronto Raptors and the Spanish national team.-European career:...
  
  , basketball player
• José Luis Calva
  José Luis Calva
  José Luis Calva Zepeda was a Mexican writer and serial killer. Calva has been accused of murder in up to eight separate cases, all involving women. Calva had also confessed to cannibalism.- Early life :...
  
  , Mexican suspected serial killer
• José Canalejas
  José Canalejas
  José Canalejas y Méndez was a Spanish politician, born in Ferrol.-Early life:Canalejas graduated in 1871 from the University of Madrid, took his Galicia doctor's degree in 1872 and became a lecturer on literature in 1873...
  
  , Spanish politician
• José Canseco
  José Canseco
  José Canseco Capas, Jr. is a Cuban-American professional baseball manager, outfielder, and designated hitter for the Yuma Scorpions of the North American League and former Major League Baseball player. He is the identical twin brother of former major league player and current teammate Ozzie Canseco...
  
  , Cuban baseball player
• José Carreras
  José Carreras
  Josep Maria Carreras i Coll , better known as José Carreras , is a Spanish Catalan tenor particularly known for his performances in the operas of Verdi and Puccini...
  
  , Catalan tenor
• José Corti
  José Corti
  José Corti is a book shop and publishing house located in Paris, France, and was founded in 1925.It is named after its founder, José Corticchiato ; it is one of France's most prestigious and low-profile independent publishing houses...
  
  , French publisher
• José Cuervo
  Jose Cuervo
  José Cuervo is a brand of tequila produced by Tequila Cuervo La Rojeña. The José Cuervo Especial brand has the highest sales of any tequila brand in theworld.- History :...
  
  , Mexican tequila producer
• José van Dam
  José van Dam
  Joseph, Baron van Damme , known as José van Dam, is a Belgian bass-baritone.At the age of 17, he entered the Brussels Royal Conservatory and studied with Frederic Anspach. A year later, he graduated with diplomas and first prizes in voice and opera performance...
  
  , Belgian operatic singer
• José Doreste
  José Doreste
  José Luis Doreste Blanco is a Spanish sailor and olympic champion. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he won a gold medal in the finn class....
  
  , Spanish sailboat racer
• José Echenique
  José Echenique
  José Echenique is a retired male basketball player from Venezuela, who played as a power forward during his career. He competed for the Venezuela national basketball team at the 1990 FIBA World Championship ....
  
  , Venezuelan basketball player
• Juan José Estrada (boxer), Mexican boxer and former WBA World
  World Boxing Association
  The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
  
   Champion
• José Feliciano
  José Feliciano
  José Feliciano is a Puerto Rican singer, virtuoso guitarist and composer known for many international hits including the 1970 holiday single "Feliz Navidad".-Childhood:...
  
  , Puerto Rican singer
• José Félix, Jr.
  José Félix, Jr.
  José Félix Soto is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the super featherweight division.-Professional career:...
  
  , Undefeated Mexican boxer
• José dos Santos Ferreira
  José dos Santos Ferreira
  José dos Santos Ferreira, better known as Adé, was born in Portuguese Macau on 28 July 1919 and died in Hong Kong on 24 March 1993. Born to a father from metropolitan Portugal and a Macanese mother, he was the last poet of distinction to write in Macanese , the Portuguese-Cantonese creole.Adé lived...
  
  , Macanese poet and writer
• José Fiolo
  José Fiolo
  José Sylvio Fiolo is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Brazil, who participated for his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1968. He is best known for claiming the gold medal in both individual breaststroke events at the 1967 Pan American Games in...
  
  , Brazilian breaststroke swimmer
• José Galisteo
  José Galisteo
  José Antonio Galisteo García was a contestant in the fifth season of the Spanish reality television series Operación Triunfo, where he placed sixth in a field of 18...
  
  , Spanish singer
• José García
  José García (boxer)
  José García is a former Venezuelan boxer. At the 1988 Summer Olympics he lost in the second round of the men's welterweight division to Poland's eventual bronze medalist Jan Dydak.-References:*...
  
  , Venezuelan boxer
• José Aurelio Gay
  José Aurelio Gay
  José Aurelio Gay López is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current coach.Gay was associated with Zaragoza throughout his career, serving the club as both a player and manager.-Playing career:...
  
  , Spanish football player and manager
• José Giovanni
  José Giovanni
  José Giovanni , was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French-Swiss writer and film-maker of Corsican origin....
  
  , French-Swiss writer and film director
• José González
  José González
  José González is a Swedish-Argentine indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Gothenburg, Sweden.González is also a member of Swedish band Junip, along with Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn.- Biography :...
  
  , Swedish-Argentine singer
• José Gómez
  José Gómez Ortega
  José Gómez Ortega , commonly known as Joselito , was a Spanish matador in the early twentieth century.Joselito was considered a child prodigy and was the youngest bullfighter to receive the title of matador de toros, at the age of 17. Joselito followed in arch-rival Juan Belmonte's footsteps and...
  
  , known as Joselito, famous Spanish matador
• José Gómez
  José Gómez (athlete)
  José Gómez Cervantes is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980.-Achievements:-References:* * *...
  
  , Mexican long-distance runner
• José Guzman
  José Guzman
  José de la Cruz Guzman is a former Venezuelan boxer, competing in the welterweight division. Fell down the stairs at age 4...
  
  , Venezuelan boxer
• José Ibañez
  José Ibañez
  José Ibañez Gómez is a retired competitive judoka from Cuba, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 in Munich, West Germany. He won the silver medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in the men's heavyweight division , after a loss in the final against...
  
  , Cuban judoka
• José Jiménez, known as Joselito, child star from Spain
• José José
  José José
  José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz , known by his artistic name José José, is a Mexican singer.Referred in the entertainment world as "El Príncipe de la Canción" , José José is best known for his romantic ballads and renowned for his vocals...
  
  , Mexican singer
• José Gregorio Liendo Vera
  José Gregorio Liendo
  José Gregorio Liendo Vera , also known as compañero Pepe, comandante Pepe or loco Pepe was a Chilean political activist and member of the Revolutionary Left Movement who participated in the land occupations of 1970s in Neltume and led the MIR-MCR attack on the police station of Neltume on...
  
  , Chilean political activist
• José Loiola
  José Loiola
  José Geraldo Loiola is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the gold medal at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Marseille, France, partnering Emanuel Rego....
  
  , Brazilian beach volleyball player
• José María Alfredo Aznar López, Prime Minister of Spain, 1996-2004
• José-Maria de Heredia, Cuban-born French poet
• José Martí
  José Martí
  José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature. In his short life he was a poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, and a political theorist. He was also a part of the Cuban...
  
  , Cuban poet and national hero
• José Medel
  José Medel
  José Medel was a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division...
  
  , Mexican boxer
• José Medina (weightlifter), Venezuelan weightlifter
• José Angel Molina
  José Angel Molina
  José Angel Molina is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who competed in the men's light-middleweight division during the late 1970s and early 1980s....
  
  , Puerto Rican boxer
• José Moreira
  José Moreira (swimmer)
  José Moreira is a former international freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he ended up in 33rd place in the men's 50m freestyle event....
  
  , Brazilian swimmer
• José Mourinho
  José Mourinho
  José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Real Madrid. He is commonly known as "The Special One".Mourinho is regarded by some players, coaches and critics as the best ever coach in football....
  
  , Portuguese football coach/manager
• José Angel Napoles, Mexican-Cuban boxer
• José Obdulio Gaviria, Colombian lawyer, advisor to President Alvaro Uribe
• José Ortega, Spanish boxer
• José Emilio Perea
  José Emilio Perea
  José Emilio Perea Trujillo is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Lightweight division. He's currently the WBC FECARBOX Lightweight Champion and was the WBC FECARBOX Super Featherweight Champion....
  
  , Undefeated Mexican boxer
• José Pérez (Venezuelan boxer), Venezuelan boxer
• José Piñera
  José Piñera
  José Piñera is the architect of Chile's private pension system based on personal retirement accounts. Piñera has been called "the world's foremost advocate of privatizing public pension systems" as well as "the Pension Reform Pied Piper"...
  
  , Chilean economist, architect of Chile's private pension system
• José Pinzón
  José Pinzón
  José Pinzón is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division and is the current WBC Youth World Light Middleweight Champion...
  
  , Mexican boxer
• José Quiñaliza
  José Quiñaliza
  José Quiñaliza is a retired male athlete from Ecuador, who competed in the triple jump event during his career. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  , Ecuadorian triple jumper
• José Quirino
  Jose Quirino
  José Quirino was a Mexican boxer in the Super Featherweight division. He is the former WBO Super Flyweight Champion.-WBO Super Flyweight Championship:...
  
  , Mexican boxer and former WBO
  World Boxing Organization
  The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...
  
   Champion
• José Manuel Reina, Spanish footballer
• José Antonio Primo de Rivera
  José Antonio Primo de Rivera
  José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Duke of Primo de Rivera, 3rd Marquis of Estella , was a Spanish lawyer, nobleman, politician, and founder of the Falange Española...
  
  , founder of the Spanish right wing party the Falange
  Falange
  The Spanish Phalanx of the Assemblies of the National Syndicalist Offensive , known simply as the Falange, is the name assigned to several political movements and parties dating from the 1930s, most particularly the original fascist movement in Spain. The word means phalanx formation in Spanish....
  
  
• José Antonio Reyes
  José Antonio Reyes
  José Antonio Reyes Calderón is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid.Mainly a left winger but also a forward, he made his professional debuts for hometown's Sevilla at only 16, signing with England's Arsenal aged 20.After a relatively successful career abroad, Reyes...
  
  , Spanish footballer
• José Reyes, American baseball player
• José Rivera
  José Rivera (volleyball)
  José Rivera is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in sixth place at the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan. In the same year the wing-spiker won the silver medal at the NORCECA Championship in Anaheim. He won with his team the Bronze...
  
  , Puerto Rican volleyball player
• José Rizal
  José Rizal
  José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda , was a Filipino polymath, patriot and the most prominent advocate for reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He is regarded as the foremost Filipino patriot and is listed as one of the national heroes of the Philippines by...
  
  , Philippine national hero
• José Robles
  José Robles (cyclist)
  José Angel Florencio Robles López is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in 49th place in the Men's Individual Road Race. Colombia competed with three cyclists in this event; the other ones being Héctor Palacio...
  
   (b. 1964), Colombian cyclist
• José Alfredo Rodríguez
  José Alfredo Rodríguez
  José Alfredo Rodríguez is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer and the current interim WBA Light Flyweight Champion...
  
  , Undefeated Mexican boxer
• José Javier Román
  José Javier Román
  José Javier Román is an undefeated Mexican American professional boxer in the Lightweight division and is the older brother of undefeated professional boxer Jessie Román.-Pro career:...
  
  , Undefeated Mexican-American boxer
• Jose "King" Roman, Puerto Rican former boxer
• José Luis Rondo
  José Luis Rondo
  José Luis Rondo is a retired Spanish-born Equatoguinean footballer.He started his career as a forward, subsequently moving to right winger and finally right defender.-Club career:...
  
  , naturalized Equatoguinean football defender
• José Salazar
  José Salazar
  -Achievements:-References:*...
  
  , Venezuelan triple jumper
• José Saramago
  José Saramago
  José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE was a Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, poet, playwright and journalist. His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the human factor. Harold Bloom has described Saramago as "a...
  
  , Portuguese Nobel Prize laureate for literature
• José Alejandro Semprún
  José Alejandro Semprún
  José Alejandro Semprún is a male long-distance runner from Venezuela. He competed for his native South American country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing in 79th place in the men's marathon...
  
  , Venezuelan long-distance runner
• José Sisto
  José Sisto
  José Sisto, also called José Sisto Rodrigo and José Sixto, was twice Governor of Guam, first after overthrowing Francisco Portusach Martínez, and again after being legitimately placed in the position by the United States government. He served as Spanish administrator of the Public Treasury in Guam...
  
  , Commissioner of Guam
• José Théodore
  José Théodore
  José Théodore is a French Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League...
  
  , Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• José Valladares
  José Valladares
  José Valladares is a Honduran football striker. He currently plays for C.D. Necaxa in the Honduran top division.-Career:Valladares made his Honduran League professional debut for C.D. Motagua on 20 January 2008, in match against Hispano F.C.. He scored his first goal against Platense on 3 May 2008...
  
  , Honduran striker
• José Valentín
  José Valentín
  José Antonio Valentín is a former Major League Baseball infielder, who played with the Milwaukee Brewers , Chicago White Sox , Los Angeles Dodgers , and New York Mets .-Early years:...
  
  , Puerto Rican baseball player
• José Mauro de Vasconcelos
  José Mauro de Vasconcelos
  - Biography :José Mauro was born in Rio de Janeiro on February 26 of 1920. His family was very poor, and when he was still very young, he migrated to Natal where relatives took care of him. Entering the Medical Faculty, José abandoned the course of studies in his second year and returned to Rio de...
  
  , Brazilian writer
• José Vizcaíno
  José Vizcaíno
  José Luis Vizcaíno Pimental is a former Major League Baseball player. He was a backup infielder for most of his MLB career. In , he played a significant role with the Chicago Cubs, having 551 at-bats and being 9th in the National League with 131 singles as well as second in the NL with 9 sacrifice...
  
  , American baseball player
• José Viejo
  José Viejo
  José Luis Viejo Gómez is a former road cyclist from Spain who was a professional cyclist from 1973 to 1982...
  
  , Spanish road cyclist
• José Villanueva
  José Villanueva
  José Luis Villanueva was an amateur boxer from the Philippines who represented his country at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics...
  
  , Philippine boxer
• José Wilker
  José Wilker
  José Wilker de Almeida is a Brazilian actor of film, stage and TV, born in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Northeast of Brazil.-Filmography:* A falecida * A vida provisória * Estranho triângulo...
  
  , Brazilian actor
• José Luis Zertuche
  Jose Luis Zertuche
  José Luis Zertuche Chávez is a Mexican boxer in the Middleweight division. José luis was a former IBA Middleweight Champion.-Amateur career:...
  
  , Mexican Olympic boxer and former IBA Champion
• José Sócrates
  José Sócrates
  José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH , commonly known by José Sócrates , is a Portuguese politician who was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011....
  
  , Portugal's prime minister (until 2011)

Zé

• José Carlos de Almeida
  José Carlos de Almeida
  José Carlos de Almeida, best known as Zé Carlos is an association footballer....
  
  , Zé Carlos (born 1968), Brazilian footballer
• José Carlos Santos da Silva
  José Carlos Santos da Silva
  José Carlos Santos da Silva, known as Zé Carlos , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Club Bolívar in Bolivia, as a striker.-Football career:...
  
  , Zé Carlos (born 1975), Brazilian footballer
• Zé Castro
  Zé Castro
  José Eduardo Rosa Vale e Castro , aka Zé Castro, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, as a central defender.-Club career:...
  
   (born 1983), Portuguese footballer
• José Eduardo de Araújo
  José Eduardo de Araújo
  José Eduardo de Araújo or simply Zé Eduardo , is a Brazilian footballer defensive midfielder, currently playing for Parma...
  
  , Zé Eduardo (born 1991) Brazilian footballer
• Zé Marco de Melo
  Zé Marco de Melo
  José Marco Nóbrega Ferreira de Melo is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, partnering Ricardo Santos. He also represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,...
  
   (born 1971), Brazilian beach volleyball player
• José Maria Rodrigues Alves
  José Maria Rodrigues Alves
  José Maria Rodrigues Alves, better known as Zé Maria, is a former association footballer.During his career he played for Ferroviário Botucatu, Portuguesa, Corinthians and Internacional de Limeira as a right back...
  
  , Zé Maria (born 1949), Brazilian international footballer
• José Marcelo Ferreira
  José Marcelo Ferreira
  José Marcelo Ferreira, aka Zé Maria , is a former professional association footballer and a current manager....
  
  , Zé Maria (born 1973), Brazilian international footballer
• José Roberto da Silva Júnior
  José Roberto da Silva Júnior
  José Roberto da Silva Jr. , commonly known as Zé Roberto, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Al-Gharafa of the Qatari League as midfielder.-Portuguesa:...
  
  , Zé Roberto (born 1974), Brazilian international footballer
• José Gomes-Santana, Zé Roberto (born 1978) Brazilian footballer
• José Roberto de Oliveira
  José Roberto de Oliveira
  José Roberto de Oliveira, or simply Zé Roberto , is a Brazilian association footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for Internacional.- Career :...
  
  , Zé Roberto (born 1980), Brazilian footballer

See also

• José Antonio
• José Carlos
• José María
  José María
  José María is a Spanish language male given name, usually considered a single given name rather than two names, and is a combination of the Spanish names of Joseph and Mary, the parents of Jesus Christ. The separate names "José" for males and "María" for females also exist in the Spanish language...
  
  
• San José (disambiguation)
• São José (disambiguation)