At a Glance: Name: Job – Meaning: one treated as an enemy or shown hostility -- i.e., 'the persecuted one' – Origin: Hebrew – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: JOHB
Job is a Hebrew boy's name meaning “one treated as an enemy or shown hostility -- i.e., 'the persecuted one'”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Job
Meaning: One treated as an enemy or shown hostility -- i.e., 'the persecuted one'.
Origin: Hebrew.
A common claim: Persecuted / one who weeps Actually: 'One who weeps' is a popular but weaker folk association (with a different Hebrew root for wailing); the better-supported root points to 'enemy/hostility,' which fits 'persecuted' more directly.
Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.
How to Pronounce Job
Phonetic: JOHB IPA: /dʒoʊb/
Popularity of Job
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1891–2024.
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