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Ayub (name)

Field	Value
name	Ayub
pronunciation
gender	Male
meaning	to return to God
language	Arabic
origin	Arabic
variant forms	Eyüp, Job, Ayoub
related names	George

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.

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 (died 674), 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 (died 1837), Afghan ruler
Ayub Khan (1907-1974), second President of Pakistan
Ayub Afridi (died 2009), 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

Notes

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