Given name
Jobi
“persecuted”·“one who is persecuted; afflicted”·“one who is persecuted”
Jobi is a variant of Job. Interpretations include “persecuted” and “one who is persecuted; afflicted” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions. Jobi is a variant of Jobey. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is persecuted.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jobi is a variant of Job. Interpretations include “persecuted” and “one who is persecuted; afflicted” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions. Jobi is a variant of Jobey. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is persecuted.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jobi is a variant of 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 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jobi is a variant of 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
Jobi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 48
- 6 boys · 42 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 9 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 6 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 281 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jobi’s family of names
Jobi has a related form in Job. Jobi has a related form in Jobey. In Greenlandic usage, Jobi has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ijob.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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.
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