Ayub (name)
Appearance
Pronunciation | Arabic: [ˈʔajjuːb] |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Origin | |
Word/name | Arabic |
Meaning | Job |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Ayoub |
Variant form(s) | Eyüp |
Related names | George |
Ayub or Ayoub (Template:Lang-ar, "Job") is a masculine given name in Arabic. It appears in the Quran: see Job in Islam.
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 Ayyūb.
Other people with this given name
- Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a companion (sahaba) of Muhammad
- Ayub Ali Master, early 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
- Captain Ayub, Israeli intelligence officer and interrogator
Places
See also
- Eyüp (name), Turkish variant