The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
From the Hebrew name “Iyyov”, meaning “afflicted” or “hated”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Iob, Iyov, Iyyov, Joby.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Job Long-pate, a farrier who lives in Dancing Marston, spoken of as a friend by Humfrey Lemon and Bered Turnip, in “The Farrier Lass o’ Piping Pebworth” (written in 1887, set circa 1600), from A Brother to Dragons, and Other Old Time Tales (1888), by Amélie Rives.

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