José María

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" (Mª 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", "Chemari" or "Chemis".

There are also combinations of other male given names with María, for example Carlos María, Juan María and Luis María.

"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 Amorrortu, Spanish football player and manager
• 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 García Lafuente, commonly known as "José Mari": Spanish footballer, born 1971
• Jose Mari Gonzales, Filipino actor
• 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 Martín Bejarano-Serrano, commonly known as "José Mari": Spanish footballer, born 1987
• José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary
• José María Napoleón, Mexican singer and songwriter, born 1950
• 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
• 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
• José María Zárraga, Spanish international footballer

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 with titles beginning with José María
• All pages with titles beginning with José Maria
• Zé Maria

References