Meaning of the nameJoabe

Joabe is a masculine name of Hebrew origin, the Portuguese form of Joab, which means 'Yahweh is father'.

Meaning

“Yahweh is father”

People (2022): 13,682
Rank in Brazil: #1,370
Median age: 24 years
2010 Census: 11,744; people

Joabe in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Joabe, 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 (3,387 people).

125 women 13,557 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 Joabe is most common

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

Amazonas 0.020%
Roraima 0.019%
Amapá 0.017%
Bahia 0.016%
Acre 0.015%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	2,201	0.016%
São Paulo	1,548	0.004%
Pará	1,136	0.014%
Pernambuco	925	0.010%
Ceará	849	0.010%
Amazonas	791	0.020%
Minas Gerais	781	0.004%
Maranhão	711	0.011%
Rio de Janeiro	540	0.003%
Goiás	536	0.008%
Paraná	458	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	400	0.012%
Paraíba	329	0.008%
Espírito Santo	324	0.009%
Mato Grosso	282	0.008%
Santa Catarina	254	0.003%
Distrito Federal	214	0.008%
Rio Grande do Sul	205	0.002%
Rondônia	183	0.012%
Piauí	181	0.006%
Tocantins	159	0.011%
Alagoas	150	0.005%
Acre	126	0.015%
Amapá	126	0.017%
Roraima	118	0.019%
Mato Grosso do Sul	94	0.003%
Sergipe	61	0.003%

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

About the name Joabe

Joabe is the Portuguese form of the biblical name Joab, from Hebrew, which Behind the Name explains as the combination of yo, a short form of the divine name, and av, 'father'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Joabe as a variant of Joab, coming from Hebrew through biblical Latin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 13,682 people named Joabe, with a median age of 24. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Sources

Behind the Name: Joab · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Joabe · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Joabe

What does the name Joabe mean?

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

How many people are named Joabe in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,682 people with the first name Joabe, which ranks it number 1,370 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Joabe is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 125 women and 13,557 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Joabe?

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

In which Brazilian state is Joabe most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.020% of the state's population is named Joabe (791 people), according to the 2022 Census.

Names that also mean God

See all

More names of Hebrew origin

See all

Spotted a mistake? Report a correction for Joabe with a source. See the methodology.