Given name & surname
Chema
“to add”
Chema is a masculine given name. It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chema is a diminutive of José. José goes back to Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf), meaning “to add.”
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Where it comes from
Chema is a diminutive of José. José comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Chema is a diminutive of José. In Spanish usage, Chema is a diminutive of José María.
Chema’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Chema is a diminutive of José. In Spanish usage, Chema has a related form in JOSEMA. In Spanish usage, Chema is a diminutive of José María.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Chema
- Chema MartínezSpanish athletics competitor (born 1971)
- ChemaSpanish association football player, born 1992
- Chema RodríguezSpanish handball playerborn 1980
- Chema García IbarraSpanish filmmakerborn 1980
- ChemaSpanish footballer (b. 1980)
- Chema MadozSpanish photographer (born 1958)
- Chema RodríguezSpanish film directorborn 1967
- ChemaSpanish association football player (b. 1976)
- Chema GonzálezSpanish basketball player (born 1991)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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