Job

Where Job comes from

From Latin Iob, from Ancient Greek Ἰώβ (Iṓb), from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ), related to אָיַב (ʾāyaḇ, “to be an enemy”) and אוֹיֵב (ʾōyēḇ, “enemy”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Job
  • Hebrew
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1630
    Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde born
    Dutch painter
  2. 1891
    Debut at its peak, #841
    #841 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1892
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1947
    Job Cohen born
    Dutch politician
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Job in Islam · one of the prophets in Islam
  • Job Cohen · Dutch politician, born 1947
  • Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde · Dutch painter, 1630–1693
  • Job Getcha · Eastern Orthodox archbishop, born 1974
  • Job of Pochayiv · Russian saint, 1551–1651

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.