Job is a boy's name of English origin meaning “Stelle and Arbeit, Beruf.” In 2024 it was given to 61 boys in the United States.
Job belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “Stelle and Arbeit, Beruf” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Job first appears in Social Security records in 1891. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #908 in 1891, and in 2024 61 babies received the name — 3,350 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Job means “Stelle and Arbeit, Beruf” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Job is a boy name. In 2024, 61 babies received the name in the US.
Job comes from the English & American tradition.
Job first appears in US records in 1891. Its best-ever ranking was #908 in 1891, and 61 babies were given the name in 2024.
Job is pronounced /d͡ʒəʊb/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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