José
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Spanish, variant of Jose. Unadapted borrowing from Spanish or Portuguese José.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for José (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 | 2 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 11 | 989 |
| 2000 | 11 | 985 |
| 2001 | 11 | 992 |
| 2002 | 11 | 981 |
| 2003 | 11 | 979 |
| 2004 | 11 | 979 |
| 2005 | 11 | 967 |
| 2006 | 11 | 952 |
| 2007 | 11 | 943 |
| 2008 | 11 | 940 |
| 2009 | 10 | 958 |
| 2010 | 10 | 957 |
| 2011 | 10 | 967 |
| 2012 | 10 | 983 |
| 2013 | 10 | 982 |
| 2014 | – | 988 |
| 2015 | 10 | 987 |
| 2016 | – | 996 |
| 2017 | – | 1,000 |
| 2018 | – | 1,008 |
| 2019 | – | 1,011 |
| 2020 | – | 1,007 |
José in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter José.Hi! My name is José.
- José har bott i Uppsala i tre år.José has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om José kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if José is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Josés mamma är lärare.José's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Josés mamma is José's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about José
How do you pronounce José in Swedish?
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What does the name José mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Spanish, variant of Jose. Unadapted borrowing from Spanish or Portuguese José.
How popular is José in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named José in 2022. In 2020, 1,007 people in Sweden had José 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.