Joby

Diminutive of Job, Hebrew

"persecuted"

Joby Origin and Meaning

The name Joby is a boy's name meaning "persecuted".

A jaunty diminutive of Job, or simply a soundalike to Toby, Koby et al.

Famous People Named Joby

• Joby Talbot English composer
• Joby Sanchez American mixed martial artist
• Joby Warrick American journalist
• Joseph "Joby" Wright American basketball player and coach
• Joby Baker Canadian actor
• S. John "Joby" Shaw English rugby leaguer

Joby in Pop Culture

• Joby Jackson fairground showman in "The Good Companions" (1929) by J. B. Priestley
• Job "Joby " little boy in the 1984 adaptation of Stephen King's "Children of the Corn"