MEANING & HISTORY
What does Jose Antonio mean?
The source records Jose Antonio as one full field. Jose is the unaccented José form documented in Philippine use, in the Joseph family whose Hebrew formation concerns adding.
Antonio continues Antonius, a Roman name of uncertain Etruscan origin. The components are explained separately, without the unsupported priceless gloss for Antonio.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
4
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗The parts of this recorded form
These parts have their own entries. Their separate histories do not automatically create a single combined meaning.
THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Jose Antonio in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
JOSE ANTONIOCSV record 2,439 (header counted as record 1)
- Other source spellings
- JOSE ANTONIO JR.
1 matching source record included an explicit generational suffix; that suffix is omitted from this name entry.
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Jose Antonio in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Jose Antonio
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Josefino♂Masculine counterpart of Josefina
- Joselino·A documented Jocelino spelling, from French Jocelyn
- Joselito·Affectionate diminutive of José
- Josemari♂Blend of José and María
- Celedonio♂Swallow-like; from Greek Khelidonios
- Eufronio·Greek benign or favourable name formation
- Johannes♂God is gracious; Latin-transmitted John form
- Josefina♀Feminine form of José; God will add
What rhymes with Jose Antonio?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Jose Antonio further
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Behind the Name: jose (opens in a new tab)
Independently consulted linked-name formation and lexical root.
- Behind the Name: joseph (opens in a new tab)
Independently consulted linked-name formation and lexical root.
- Behind the Name: antonio (opens in a new tab)
Independently consulted linked-name formation and lexical root.
- Behind the Name: anthony (opens in a new tab)
Independently consulted linked-name formation and lexical root.