Joby
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A diminutive of the male given name Joseph
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒbi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Joby is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 151K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 244K
- BHBahrain≈1 in 8.8K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 237 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.8K (inferred from the name graph)
1,364 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Bahrain, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A diminutive of the male given name Joseph.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Joby counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 1,364 | 1 in 244K | 1.2K | Joby | 237 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Joby | 38 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈550 est. | ≈1 in 199K | — | Joby | 23 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 151K | listed | Joby | 103 |
| KW Kuwait | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Joby | 13 |
| BH Bahrain | #438 | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 8.8K | — | Joby | 6 |
| QA Qatar | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Joby | 15 |
| MQ Martinique | — | ≈8 est. | ≈1 in 54K | 5 | — | — |
1,364 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joby Godfreyb. 1894GBEnglish footballer (1894-1977)
- Joby Blanshardb. 1919GBEnglish film and television actor (1919-1992)
- Joby Bakerb. 1934CACanadian actor and painter
- Joby Warrickb. 1960USAmerican journalist (born 1960)
- Joby Messierb. 1970CACanadian ice hockey defenceman
- Joby Talbotb. 1971GBBritish composer
- Joby Harrisb. 1975USAmerican artist and musician
- Joby Ingram-Doddb. 1980GBEntrepreneur and Former Welsh racing cyclist
- Joby Harteb. 1982GBBritish entertainer
- Joby Saint Fleurb. 1992HTHaitian player of American football
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 30 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.2K | #9,952 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 212 | #9,952 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1977 | 37 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1976 | 36 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 33 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1972 | 33 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1971 | 31 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1975 | 29 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1973 | 29 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1996 | 26 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1995 | 24 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1968 | 24 | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Joby mean, and where does it come from?
- A diminutive of the male given name Joseph. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Joby?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒbi/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Joby a male or female name?
- Joby is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Joby?
- In the etymology graph, Eyüp and Job are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Joby have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.4 thousand people named Joby, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled joby.
- How common is the name Joby?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,364 people named Joby in 2020, about 1 in 244 thousand residents.
- How common is Joby compared with other names?
- In Bahrain, Joby is the 438th most common given name of 6,583 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jobyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Joby” — the 438th most common given name in Bahrain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.