Jose
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph, an anglicized spelling of Spanish José and Portuguese José. From Spanish/Portuguese José, from Hebrew. Doublet of Joseph.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Jose (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 594 |
| 2000 | 600 |
| 2001 | 635 |
| 2002 | 657 |
| 2003 | 662 |
| 2004 | 673 |
| 2005 | 700 |
| 2006 | 719 |
| 2007 | 744 |
| 2008 | 772 |
| 2009 | 810 |
| 2010 | 838 |
| 2011 | 871 |
| 2012 | 925 |
| 2013 | 970 |
| 2014 | 1,001 |
| 2015 | 1,019 |
| 2016 | 1,054 |
| 2017 | 1,073 |
| 2018 | 1,099 |
| 2019 | 1,115 |
| 2020 | 1,110 |
Jose in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jose.Hi! My name is Jose.
- Jose har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Jose has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Joses mamma är lärare.Jose's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Joses mamma is Jose's mum.
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Questions about Jose
How do you pronounce Jose in Swedish?
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What does the name Jose mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph, an anglicized spelling of Spanish José and Portuguese José. From Spanish/Portuguese José, from Hebrew. Doublet of Joseph.
How popular is Jose in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Jose in 2022. In 2020, 1,110 people in Sweden had Jose as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.