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Jobina
How to Pronounce Jobina
Pronounced joh-BEE-nuh /dʒoʊˈbiː.nə/Medium
Meaning: Jobina is a feminine form of Job, made with the Latinate -ina ending. Job is a Hebrew name traditionally understood as 'persecuted', 'afflicted', or 'hated', borne by the patient sufferer of the Book of Job. Jobina carries that biblical association in a rare feminine shape; it is sometimes also linked to the Scottish feminine of Joby.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Jobina is a feminine of Job, the Hebrew name of the Bible's great sufferer, traditionally glossed as 'persecuted' or 'afflicted'. The -ina ending turned the masculine Job into a feminine name, in the same way Roberta comes from Robert. Jobina has always been very rare, a curiosity within the tradition of biblical feminizations.
It appears only in a narrow window, cresting near sixty girls a year around 1975 across just a handful of years. A woman given it at its peak would be around fifty now, and it reads as a rare, old-fashioned biblical feminization rather than a name in fashion.
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What does the name Jobina mean?
Jobina is a feminine of Job, a Hebrew name traditionally read as 'persecuted' or 'afflicted', with the -ina ending.
How do you pronounce Jobina?
It's said joh-BEE-nuh /dʒoʊˈbiː.nə/ — three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Jobina a boy or girl name?
Jobina is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Jobina?
Jobina is very rare, appearing only in a brief window in the nineteen-seventies.