Given name · Ottoman Turkish · Persian · Urdu
ایوب
ایوب (Eyyûb) is a masculine given name from Arabic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Urdu, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish.
Ottoman Turkish and Persian and UrduWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Eyyub.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
ایوب comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Arabic أَيُّوب, from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ایوب’s family of names
In Persian usage, ایوب has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ijob.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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