Given name & surname
Ayub
Ayub is a surname from Arabic. It is used in English, Turkish, Indonesian, and Malay.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ayub through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,634
- 1,634 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 94 babies
- 2025
- 85
- #1,854 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 85 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,854 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 94 in 2018. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (30). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,533 as a first name in 2020; 1,214 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.
Ayub’s family of names
In English usage, Ayub as a surname has a related form in AYYUB.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ayub
- Ayub Shah DurraniEmir of Afghanistan Ayub Shah in 1819 to 18231800–1837
- Ayub DaudSomali association football playerborn 1990
- Ayub MasikaKenyan footballerborn 1992
- Ayoub TabetPresident of Lebanon (1874-1947)
- Ayoub AmraouiMoroccan and French footballerborn 2004
- Ayub KhanIndian actorborn 1969
- Ayub KaluleUgandan boxerborn 1954
- Ayoub El KhaliqiMoroccan footballerborn 1986
- Ayub BachchuBangladeshi musician, singer, and songwriter (1962-2018)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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