Boy name Arabic origin Muslim tradition

Ayoub

ah-YOOB · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
persecuted; Job; patient one
Language
Arabic
Culture
Arab/Islamic
Religion
Muslim
Style era
timeless
Themes
religious · prophetic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#2280
2024 births62
Peak year2024
First appeared1988
Total US births1,009
2024 peak19881997200620152024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Ay
Alternate spellings
AyyubAyubEyup
In other languages
Eyup (Turkish)Ayoub (Persian)Iyov (Hebrew)Job (English)

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Prophet Ayoub (Job)
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