Yoav

Where Yoav comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew יוֹאָב (yo'áv).
— Wiktionary's entry for Yoav
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #4,724 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2008
    Peak, #3,646
    29 babies named Yoav — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #8,789.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.