Jose
//hoʊˈzeɪ// name
name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 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 female given name.
- 3 Acronym of JSON Object Signing and Encryption, a group of web standards. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
"For a JWS, the JOSE Header members are the union of the members of these values (each of which is defined in Section 2):[…]"
- 4 A surname transferred from the given name, derived from the given name.
- 5 A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.
Example
More examples"I broke the marriage vows that I had sworn to Don Jose, my husband."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Spanish/Portuguese José, from Hebrew. Doublet of Joseph.
Etymology 2
Originally as a diminutive form of Josephine, later also appearing as a given name.
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