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Job

boy name · Hebrew origin · 1 syllable

Meaning

traditionally 'persecuted' or 'hated', name of the biblical figure known for patient suffering

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2000s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Job peaked in the 2000s.

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