Job

I Really don't like it.
Job. As in having a Job. Awful. Truly awful.

But Op is already decided it seems. So why bother posting?

Wow. Anyone reading this thread actually have a child named Job? I do and he is the happiest little boy I know. We have never heard the jobbie - poo connection probably because his name is pronounced completely different. And those of you who see the word job and relate it to a blow job need you heads checking. That would seriously go through your head while meeting a child? Shame on you.

OP we love the name and the biblical story. Yes he suffered but his faith saw him through. That means much more to us that what anybody else thinks.

If someone ever asked my opinion on a possible name for their child I would never be as rude as to tell someone their 'perfect name choice' was 'wrong' or 'unfair on the child to call them that' or 'horrendous' I'd politely say it wasn't for me and I'd probably use a different spelling.

I love the name Job, I have a son called Job and I can count on one hand the amount if people who have pronounced it wrong. And he's been on this Earth for a number of years! How dare you all tell the OP what life will be like with a child named Job unless you have a child with that name.

If you are sure there will be eyebrow raising/sniggering/teasing, then why use the name?

While you can live with that, it's not about you - it would be your son dealing with it.

you might dislike joab or jobe. But IMO you should get over it and either go with a spelling that would lessen teasing, or ditch it.

Or Jinx?

I just can't read it as Joe-B. I can only see job, because that's a word I am familiar with and that's now you spell it. That's why I clicked in, thinking you were insane

Jobe reads right because the 'e' lengthens the 'o' in English like Robe, whereas no 'e' shortens it like Rob. I know you don't need telling, but that's my issue with the spelling. I don't think I'm 'silly' for not knowing how to say it from the off like a pp suggested. Those not brushed up on their biblical names are likely going to read it as job centre.

If you love the name, go for it, but there will be eyebrow raising, pronunciation errors and a majority of people won't get the reference. I really am not a fan. It doesn't even sound like a name to me, honestly. YY to backwoods Stephen King preacher name.

I too think of poo.

Horrendous.

Not only for the teasing and the pronunciation and the poo connection therefrom, but for the biblical story too - why would you do that to a tiny child? You've never heard the saying 'as miserable as Job'?

Mind you, it's not as bad as Cain, which I've seen a few poor children named...

Keech - like that one.

I'm a Londoner, born and bred.

A job is a poo.

A big job or jobbie is a big poo.

I'm not au fait with the bible, and didn't realise until this thread that job as a name would be pronounced joe-b. I can guarantee that many many people will pronounce it job, as in work.

I didnt know if keech travels
Keech = jobbie

Poo

Ahh'so job= poo doon the road too
Didn't know that

Sorry OP but I'm a Londoner and job or jobby makes me think poo.

Plus there are plenty of northerners in London!

Job is a great name
Our son is Johann(pronounced Yohann) and gets called all sorts of things but it has never bothered him...he just corrects people and thinks they are a little stupid!

You don't need to be biblically illiterate to not know how to correctly pronounce Job.

Most Bibles I've seen don't have handy name pronunciation tips included, so if you've only come across the story of Job in writing (or via other people who've only come across it in writing), you could easily know the story back to front and still pronounce it as in "job centre"

I think it's a lovely name and I'd not worry about the mispronunciation. There are many many names that are mispronounced more than Job. Aoife for example!

I may be biased as I happen to know a gorgeous little Job, but I love the sound of the name and (sorry to say it) I would think someone a bit silly if the didn't know how to pronounce it. I'm an atheist, by the way, and not well educated in the Bible.

Thirdly, I'm a bit WTF about people talking about poo.... Anybody thinking the kid is called 'job' as in employment is a bit silly and then to take that further and start thinking if 'jobby' etc. - really?! I'm pretty sure we could do this with almost any name if we wanted to be really childish.

Not forgetting 'Dead end job'.

You don't have to be northern to have heard job used as slang for poo! I am as southern as they come and have, at various times lived (and was born) in London. I am totally familiar with the term 'going for a job' to mean taking a shit.

I thought Job (the Biblical one) is well known for being miserable. My mother always used to call pessimistic, miserable people 'Jobs'.

Whilst I accept that, pronounced correctly, it has quite a nice sound, I think you are setting the kid up for constant mickey taking along the lines of 'good job' (especially with the creeping Americanism entering our culture and replacing 'well done') 'bad job', 'odd job' and, most fatally, 'blow job'.

If you like it, despite everything else, you go for it. I actually quite like the sound of it, just not the connotations.

I'd give him a more conventional middle name though, just in case.

If you weighed it all up,know it'll be mispronounced a lot,but youre unfazed,then chose job

Why would you call him job,but use joe interchangeably? In that case use joe