Joby
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning God persecutes; form of Job.
Joby by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Joby. In the US, 10 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 37 babies in 1977, making it a 1970s name.
Other names that come from Job
Like Joby, 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.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Joby. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
- Joeygod will increase; a form of Joseph324 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jorya form of Jorah or Yore; Jehovah raises up73 in the US (2017)
- Jodypraised; a form of Jude or Judith65 in the US (2017)
- Jobpersecuted; one who returns56 in the US (2017)
- Jobepersecuted; a form of Job9 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Joby
Names that are said the same way as Joby, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jobiegod is my father; a form of Job or Joby3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean God
Like Joby, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Joby
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