Given name
Jože
Jože is a masculine given name. It is used in Serbo-Croatian and Slovene.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Jože is an affectionate form of Jožef.
Jože’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Jože is an affectionate form of Jožef.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 29
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Josephequivalent
- Yosefequivalent
- Giuseppeequivalent
- Josefequivalent
- Jozefequivalent
- Jusufequivalent
- Iosifequivalent
- Josipequivalent
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- Josifequivalent
- Josepequivalent
- Juozasequivalent
- Józsefequivalent
- Joepequivalent
- Iosephusequivalent
- Osypequivalent
- Jožkoequivalent
- Joséequivalent
- Juozapasequivalent
- Jooseppiequivalent
- Jožaequivalent
- יוסףequivalent
- Иосифequivalent
- Josebaequivalent
- Osipequivalent
- Joosefequivalent
- يوسفequivalent
- Józefequivalent
- Ossipequivalent
- Seffequivalent
People named Jože
- Jože PlečnikSlovenian architect1872–1957
- Jože MencingerSlovenian politician1941–2022
- Jože PučnikSlovenian politician and socioloigst (1932-2003)
- Jože CiuhaSlovenian artist (1924-2015)
- Jože ToporišičSlovene linguist (1926-2014)
- Jože PoklukarSlovene biathleteborn 1973
- Jože Šlibarski jumperborn 1934
- Jože BrilejSlovene diplomat1910–1981
- Jože PogačnikSlovenian filmmaker (1932-2016)
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