Ayub (name)

For a variant of the name, see Ayoub.

Ayub (Arabic: ايّوب Ayūb, commonly written ايوب) is the Arabic name of the Abrahamic prophet Job. Here it refers to the Islamic prophet which is mentioned in the Quran, see Job in Islam.

Ayub

Pronunciation	Arabic: [ˈʔajjuːb]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	to return to God
Other names
Variant form(s)	Eyüp, Job, Ayoub
Related names	George

The spread of the name among Muslims is partly due to the fame of Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, whose name in Arabic is Salạ̄hu d-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayūb.

Other people with this given name

• Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a companion (sahaba) of Muhammad
• Ayub Ali (1919-1995), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educationist
• Ayub Ali Master (1880-1980), British-Bangladeshi social reformer, politician and entrepreneur
• Ayub Shah Durrani, Afghan ruler
• Ayub Khan (1907-1974), second President of Pakistan
• Ayub Afridi, Pakistani drug lord turned politician
• Ayub Ommaya (1930-2008), a Pakistani neurosurgeon
• Ayub Shah Bukhari, Pakistani Sufi
• Ayub Thakur (1948-2004), Kashmiri freedom activist
• Master Ayub, a Pakistani teacher who runs an open air, free of cost, school in Islamabad since 1986
• Ayub Khan Din (born 1961), British-Pakistani actor and writer
• Ayub Bachchu (1962-2018), Bangladeshi rock musician
• Ayub Khan (actor) (born 1969), Indian actor
• Ayub Daud (born 1990), Somali footballer
• Ayub Masika (born 1992), Kenyan footballer

Places

• Ayub National Park

See also

• Eyüp (name), Turkish variant