José María

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name = José María


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José María (abbreviated José M.ª) 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. 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:

*José María Aznar, President of the Government of Spain from 1996 to 2004
*José María Franco, Uruguayan footballer
*José María Gutiérrez, commonly known as "Guti": Spanish footballer
*José María Isaac, commonly known as "José Mari": Spanish footballer, born 1985
*José María Olazábal, Spanish golfer, born 1966
*José María Romero Poyón, commonly known as "José Mari": Spanish footballer, born 1978
*José Maria Rodrigues Alves, nicknamed "Zé Maria": retired Brazilian footballer
*Miguel Boaventura Lucena, known as "José Maria de Santo Agostinho" or simply "José Maria": a mystic leader in the Contestado War in Brazil
*Jose Maria 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

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*Zé Maria