Ayyub
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning father of suffering; arabic form of job.
Babies a year
124
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#342
124 babies · up from #379
Ayyub by the numbers
In 2025, 124 babies in England and Wales were named Ayyub. In the US, 21 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 26 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ayyub. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ayubfather of many, patriarch; arabic form of Job76 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ayoubjob; arabic form of the biblical job36 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ayuuba form of Ayyub or Job3 in England and Wales (2025)
- AiyubJob; a form of Ayyub3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ayyanmighty, powerful15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alyus11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ayyub
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