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Joab - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Joab

[ syll. joa(b), jo-ab ] The boy name Joab is pronounced JHOWaeB KEY. Joab is of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly in English. The name Joab means 'praise the Lord'.

Joab is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Joab include the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian Jacob, the Hungarian Jakab, the English Jakeb, the Russian Jakiv, the English, German, and Scandinavian Jakob, the Hungarian, Russian, and Slavic Jakov, the English Jeffy, the English and German Jephthah, the English Jessup, the Lapp Joba, the Spanish Jobo, the Finnish Joosef, the Czech, German, Hebrew, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Yiddish Josef, the Slavic Josep, the English, French, and German Joseph, the English and French Josephe, the Slavic Josif, the Slavic Josip, the English Jospeh, and the Hungarian Joszef.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Joab: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)"


 
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