Around the world, Joab (Joab 
, جواب 
, 乔布 
) is a common male first name. The given name Joab is habitual in Brazil, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Mongolia, and Tanzania, where it is a rare male name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Brazil, Mexico, and Nigeria. Much less frequently, Joab is the last name as well as the forename.
Joab is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
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| Joab | Kenya, Mexico, Brazil, Uganda, Nigeria |
| جواب | Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Sudan, Algeria |
| 乔布 | China |
Joab is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Joab , the Biblical figure, Psalms; Job Anderson , the character from Stevenson's Treasure Island and Job de Jong , character in Goede tijden, slechte tijden.
| joab hoisington major in the American Revolutionary war (1736-1777) (b. 1736) |
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| joab brace US (b. 1781) |
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| joab lawler American politician (1796-1838), US (b. 1796) |
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| joab n. patterson American Civil War officer (1835–1923), US (b. 1835) |
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| joab h. banton American lawyer, US (b. 1869) |
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| joab cornelius mhlangenqaba mzamane South African agriculturalist (b. 1920) |
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| joab de la poer beresford (born 1922) (b. 1922) |
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joab schneiter Swiss cyclist, CH (b. 1998) |
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| joab gomes da silva Brazilian politician, BR (b. 1975) |
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| joab santos albuquerque Brazilian association football player, BR (b. 1975) |
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| joab teodoro do nascimento politician from Brazil, BR (b. 1977) |
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| joab p. stout genealogist from the US, US |
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| joab kawaaluko Peerage person ID=393564 |
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| joab jerome college basketball player (2011–2014) Winthrop |
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| joab cabral ramos researcher |
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