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Job
Pronounced /d͡ʒoʊb/
Rank in 2024
#2,317
Born in 2024
61
Peak year
2004 · #1506
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 61 boys were named Job, about 1 in every 28,120.
- It peaked in 2004 with 89 babies, ranked #1506.
- It first shows up in the records in 1891.
- 3,350 boys have been named Job since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Job per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 78 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 73 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 161 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 368 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 686 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,198 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 780 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Iob, from Ancient Greek Ἰώβ (Iṓb), from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ), related to אָיַב (ʾāyaḇ, “to be an enemy”) and אוֹיֵב (ʾōyēḇ, “enemy”).
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /d͡ʒoʊb/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Job, CC BY-SA 4.0.