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
The Ayyubid dynasty ( ar, الأيوبيون '; ) was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultan of Egypt, Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. A Sunni ...
, whose name in Arabic is ''Salạ̄hu d-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayūb''.
Other people with this given name
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Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari ( ar, أبو أيوب الأنصاري, Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī, tr, Ebu Eyyûb el-Ensarî, died c. 674) — born Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb ibn Tha'laba ( ar, خالد ابن زيد ابن كُليب ابن ثعلبه, Kh ...
, a companion (''sahaba'') of Muhammad
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Ayub Ali Master, early British-Bangladeshi social reformer, politician and entrepreneur
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Ayub Shah Durrani, Afghan ruler
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Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan is a compound masculine name; Ayub is the Arabic version of the name of the Biblical figure Job, while Khan or Khaan is taken from the title used first by the Mongol rulers and then, in particular, their Islamic and Persian-influenced s ...
(1907-1974), second President of Pakistan
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Ayub Afridi, Pakistani drug lord turned politician
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Ayub Ommaya (1930-2008), a Pakistani neurosurgeon
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Ayub Shah Bukhari Ayub Shah Bukhari was a Sufi master in Gulshan-e-Maymar neighbourhood of Gadap Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The Sufi shrine of Ayub Shah Bukhari is also located in Gulshan-e-Maymar.
On January 6, 2014, six corpses were recovered near the shr ...
, Pakistani Sufi
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Ayub Thakur (1948-2004), Kashmiri freedom activist
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Master Ayub, a Pakistani teacher who runs an open air, free of cost, school in Islamabad since 1986
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Ayub Khan Din
Ayub Khan Din (born 1961) is a British writer and actor. He wrote the BAFTA, BIFA and London Film Critics Circle award-winning film '' East Is East'' (1999), adapted from his 1996 Olivier-nominated play of the same name. His 2008 comedy play '' ...
(born 1961), British-Pakistani actor and writer
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Ayub Bachchu (1962-2018), Bangladeshi rock musician
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Ayub Khan (actor)
Ayub Khan (born 23 February 1969) is an Indian film and television actor. He is the nephew of actor Dilip Kumar.
Personal life
Khan was born into the Hindko speaking Awan (tribe), Awan tribe to former 1950s actress Begum Para and actor Nasir ...
(born 1969), Indian actor
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Ayub Daud (born 1990), Somali footballer
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Ayub Masika (born 1992), Kenyan footballer
Places
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Ayub National Park
Ayub National Park, commonly known as Ayub Park or, historically, Topi Rakh Park (''Rakh'' lit. ''reserve'' in Potwari), is a national park located on the Grand Trunk Road, not far away from the old presidency in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan ...
See also
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Eyüp (name), Turkish variant
Notes
{{given name, Ayub, nocat
Arabic masculine given names