Last name origin & meaning: English, French, German, and Hungarian (Jób): from the
personal name (Hebrew Iyov) borne by a Biblical character, the
central figure in the Book of Job, who was tormented by God and yet
refused to forswear Him. The name has been variously interpreted as
meaning ‘Where is the (divine) father?’ and ‘Persecuted one’. It does
not seem to have been used as a personal name in the Middle Ages: the
surname is probably a nickname for a wretched person or one tormented
with boils (which was one of Job’s afflictions). This name appears in the following lists:
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