Ayoub

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ayoub is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name40K records spelled Ayoub111 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, Morocco, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written ÀYoub, Àyoùb, Ayoùb, Âyoub, Áyoub

• Danish given name2.2K records spelled Ayoub25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Morocco, Spain

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Ãyoub, Ayôüb, Àÿôūb, Äyöûb, Aayoub

• Hindi given name1.1K records spelled Ayoub151 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, Russia, Kenya

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Russian

  Also written Ayub, Ayyub, Аюб, Aiyub, อายุบ

• Khmer given name623 records spelled Ayoub3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Morocco, Algeria, Spain, India

  Also written Aÿoub, Àýôùb

• Bulgarian given name539 records spelled Ayoub32 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Morocco, India, Spain, United Kingdom

  Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian

  Also written Ayub, Аюб, Āyoub, Aÿoùb, Āyoüb

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ayoub is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Job, one of the prophets mentioned in the Qur'an

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 34 years between 1988–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ayub Shah Durranib. 1800AFnot in their usual nameEmir of Afghanistan Ayub Shah in 1819 to 1823
• Ayub Khan-Dinb. 1961GBnot in their usual nameBritish actor and playwright
• Ayub Khanb. 1969INnot in their usual nameIndian actor
• Ayub Daudb. 1990SOnot in their usual nameSomali association football player
• Ayub Masikab. 1992KEnot in their usual nameKenyan footballer
• Ayoub El Kaabib. 1993MAMoroccan footballer (born 1993)
• Ayoub Ghadfab. 1998ESSpanish boxer
• Ahmed Hafnaouib. 2002TNnot in their usual nameTunisian swimmer
• Ayoub Amraouib. 2004FRMoroccan and French footballer
• Ayyoub Bouaddib. 2007FRnot in their usual nameMoroccan association football player (born 2007)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 257 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ayoub?

We estimate roughly 32 thousand people bear Ayoub (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Ayoub have the most bearers?

Ayoub is most frequently recorded in Morocco, where it is most often spelled ayoub.

How common is Ayoub compared with other names?

In Morocco, Ayoub is the 7th most common given name of 44,905 given names recorded there.

Is Ayoub a male or female name?

Ayoub is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ayoub mean?

Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb).