Ayyub

Where Ayyub comes from

Borrowed from Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ayyub
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1993
    First appearance
    #8,700 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2024
    Peak, #2,674
    49 babies named Ayyub — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic [in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Job, notably borne by
  • Najm ad-Din Ayyub, eponymous ancestor of the Ayyubid dynasty
Namesakes

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