Eyob
A boys’ name of Amharic origin, meaning a form of Job; persecuted or hated.
Eyob by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Eyob. In the US, 9 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 American peak was 20 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Job
Like Eyob, 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.
- Ayubfather of many, patriarch; arabic form of Job76 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jobpersecuted; one who returns56 in the US (2017)
- Jobepersecuted; a form of Job9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ayuuba form of Ayyub or Job3 in England and Wales (2025)
- JobyGod persecutes; form of Job9 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 Eyob. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Eyoab4 in England and Wales (2025)
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