Throughout the world, ﺃﻳﻮﺏ (ﺃﻳﻮﺏ 
) is a rare primarily male, but scarcely female forename. The given name ﺃﻳﻮﺏ is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Morocco, where it is a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely girly name, Libya, where it is a rare male name, and Algeria. Very seldom, ﺃﻳﻮﺏ is the last name as well as the forename.