Ayub
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning father of many, patriarch; arabic form of Job.
Ayub by the numbers
In 2025, 76 babies in England and Wales were named Ayub. In the US, 89 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Job
Like Ayub, each of these traces back to Job: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Jobpersecuted; one who returns56 in the US (2017)
- Jobepersecuted; a form of Job9 in England and Wales (2025)
- JobyGod persecutes; form of Job9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eyoba form of Job; persecuted or hated5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jobiegod is my father; a form of Job or Joby3 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ayub. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Ayub
Names that are said the same way as Ayub, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Awab18 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Ayub
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