MEANING & HISTORY
What does Jose Benson mean?
Jose is explicitly recorded as the unaccented José form used in the Americas and Philippines. Its Joseph family comes from Hebrew Yosef, understood as may he add.
Benson is a documented English surname transferred to given-name use, originally son of Benedict. The father-name element belongs to the surname’s history, not the actual parentage of every bearer.
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
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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 Benson in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
JOSE BENSONCSV record 6,467 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Jose Benson 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 Benson
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
- Jefferson♂Son of Jeffrey
- Jeverson·Documented Geverson and Jeversom spelling family
- Johnson♂Son of John
- Josefino♂Masculine counterpart of Josefina
- Joselino·A documented Jocelino spelling, from French Jocelyn
- Robinson·Son of Robin
- Emerson·Son of Emery; originally a surname
- Emmerson♂Son of Emery
What rhymes with Jose Benson?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Jose Benson further
Follow the sources
- 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.
- Behind the Name: Jose (opens in a new tab)
Exact form and documented name relationship.
- Behind the Name: joseph (opens in a new tab)
Independently consulted linked-name formation and lexical root.
- Behind the Name: Benson (opens in a new tab)
Exact form and documented name relationship.
- Behind the Name: benedict (opens in a new tab)
Independently consulted linked-name formation and lexical root.