Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Ayyoub isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ayyoub through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13
- 13 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 176 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.
Ayyoub’s family of names
Ayyoub may belong to the same name family as AYOUB. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ayyoub
- 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.