Given name & surname
Ayoub
“persecuted”·“one who is persecuted; afflicted”
In English use, Ayoub has a related form in Job. Interpretations include “persecuted” and “one who is persecuted; afflicted” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Ayoub has a related form in Job. Interpretations include “persecuted” and “one who is persecuted; afflicted” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Ayoub has a related form in Job. An origin associated with Job is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Ayoub has a related form in Job. The history of Job gives this family its wider story. In biblical tradition, Job is the name of the eponymous hero of the Book of Job.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ayoub through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,073
- 1,073 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 63 babies
- 2025
- 63
- #2,232 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +20%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 63 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,232 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,162 as a first name in 2020; 3,674 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ayoub’s family of names
In English usage, Ayoub has a related form in Job. In English usage, Ayoub has a related form in AYYUB. In French usage, Ayoub has a conventional equivalent in the Arabic form أيوب.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ayoub
- Ayyoub BouaddiMoroccan-French association football player (born 2007)
- Ayoub El KaabiMoroccan footballer (born 1993)
- Ayoub Al-OuiQatari footballerborn 2005
- Ayoub GhadfaSpanish boxerborn 1998
- Ayoub JabbariMoroccan footballerborn 2000
- Ayoub OuarghiMoroccan association football player (born 2008)
- Ayyoub AllachBelgian association football playerborn 1998
- Ayoub AssalEnglish footballerborn 2002
- Ayoub OufkirDutch association football playerborn 2006
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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