José María
| José María | |
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| Gender | Male |
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| Related names | Joseph, Maria |
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José María (abbreviated José Mª) 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.[1] The separate names "José" for males and "María" for females also exist in the Spanish language. They can also combine in the inverse order forming the female name "María José" (M.ª José); that is, the gender of the compound names "José María" and "María José" is determined by their first component. The name "José María" is colloquially shortened to "José Mari", "Josema" or replaced by the hypocoristic forms "Chema" or "Chemari".
"José María", with its Portuguese language equivalent José Maria (notice the absence of the acute accent over the i in the Portuguese version) is a common name, and many famous people have this name or a similar one:
Spanish names
- José María de Achá, President of Bolivia from 1861 to 1864
- José María Aznar, President of the Government of Spain from 1996 to 2004
- José María Barreda, President of the Spanish autonomous region of Castile-La Mancha
- José María Callejón (born 1987), Spanish football (soccer) player
- Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish Catholic priest - founder of Opus Dei
- José María Franco, Uruguayan footballer
- José María Gutiérrez, commonly known as "Guti": Spanish footballer
- José María Hernández, Spanish politician
- José María Linares, President of Bolivia from 1857 to 1861
- José María Olazábal, Spanish golfer, born 1966
- José María Romero Poyón, commonly known as "José Mari": Spanish footballer, born 1978
- José María Ruiz Mateos, Spanish businessman and former politician
- José María Freire, the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare of Argentina during the rule of Juan and Eva Perón; he was the puppet of and assistant to Evita who ran the entire ministry
- Jose Maria Sison, a notorious Filipino of the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas who blended elements of Maoism to his ideology; viewed by many as a terrorist
Portuguese names
- Miguel Boaventura Lucena, known as "José Maria de Santo Agostinho" or simply "José Maria": a mystic leader in the Contestado War in Brazil
- José Maria Marin, Brazilian politician
- José Maria Rodrigues Alves, nicknamed "Zé Maria": retired Brazilian footballer
See also
- All pages beginning with "José María"
- All pages beginning with "José Maria"
- Zé Maria
References
- ↑ Rafael Falcón, Christine Yoder Falcón - Salsa: A Taste of Hispanic Culture Page 32 1998 "... though Maria, when used for a male, is usually in the format of a middle name: Jose Maria or Jesus Maria, for example."