Meaning of the nameJoab

Joab is a male name of Hebrew origin, the name of a biblical figure, meaning 'Yahweh is father'.

Meaning

“Yahweh is father”

People (2022): 8,522
Rank in Brazil: #1,910
Median age: 27 years
2010 Census: 7,237; people

Joab in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Joab, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (2,135 people).

52 women 8,470 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Joab is most common

States with the highest share of people named Joab in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio Grande do Norte 0.015%
Paraíba 0.014%
Pernambuco 0.011%
Amazonas 0.010%
Bahia 0.007%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	1,006	0.007%
Pernambuco	992	0.011%
São Paulo	969	0.002%
Paraíba	572	0.014%
Pará	568	0.007%
Ceará	507	0.006%
Rio Grande do Norte	480	0.015%
Minas Gerais	425	0.002%
Maranhão	408	0.006%
Amazonas	394	0.010%
Goiás	347	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	289	0.002%
Alagoas	208	0.007%
Paraná	207	0.002%
Espírito Santo	156	0.004%
Mato Grosso	155	0.004%
Distrito Federal	130	0.005%
Piauí	126	0.004%
Santa Catarina	97	0.001%
Rondônia	88	0.006%
Tocantins	73	0.005%
Amapá	70	0.010%
Acre	69	0.008%
Rio Grande do Sul	66	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	53	0.002%
Sergipe	38	0.002%
Roraima	29	0.005%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Joab

Joab comes from Hebrew יוֹאָב, a name that Behind the Name explains as the union of yo, a reference to the Hebrew God, with ʾav, 'father'. It is an Old Testament name, and Joabe is the biblical form in Portuguese; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Joab as a spelling variant of Joabe. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,522 people named Joab, with a median age of 27; proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Norte.

Sources

Behind the Name: Joab · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Joabe · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Joab (grafia hebraica) · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Joab

What does the name Joab mean?

Joab means “Yahweh is father”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Joab in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,522 people with the first name Joab, which ranks it number 1,910 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Joab a boy's or a girl's name?

Joab is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 52 women and 8,470 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Joab?

Joab is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Joab most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.015% of the state's population is named Joab (480 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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