köken: From Latin Iob, from Ancient Greek Ἰώβ (Iṓb), from Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ). The form in H- is a Medieval Latin spelling variant intended to secure the following -i- as a vowel rather than a semivowel.
Job (a character in the Old Testament and the Qur'an, renowned for his patience) · Job (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh) · a male given name, Ayyub, from Arabic, equivalent to English Job
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian اَیُّوب (ayyūb), from Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb), from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ).