Where the spelling 호세 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 호세 for Jose.
Wiktionary records Jose as a name from Spanish, so it is read as a name in Spanish.
People in the list with this given name:
- 카레라스, 호세 마리아 — Carreras, José María
- 아스나르 로페스, 호세 마리아 — Aznar Lopez, Jose Maria
- 아랑구렌, 후안 호세 — Aranguren, Juan José
…and 10 more in the list.
Sound by sound
jo호se세
Why it is spelled this way
- This looks like a name in Spanish, so the official Spanish spelling is shown first.
- Matches the National Institute of Korean Language usage list.
Jose by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 71, 194,510 babies (0.3% girls, 99.7% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 호세: 13.
Korean names for Jose
These are the converter’s results for Jose as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
박호재Park HojaeBoy’s name · 87% sound match
박호진Park HojinBoy’s name · 65% sound match
박은호Park EunhoBoy’s name · 61% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 박, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics