Origin and Meaning of the Name Tobias

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The boy's name Tobias is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "God is good." Biblical name from the Old Testament, used by the Puritans and revived in the 19th century. Author Tobias Wolff.

Tobias has 14 variant forms: Thobey, Thobie, Thoby, Tobe, Tobee, Tobey, Tobi, Tobia, Tobiah, Tobie, Tobin, Tobit, Toby and Tobyn.

For more information, see also the related name Tuvya. Search for names similar to Tobias starting with To-, Tob-, Tobi- or ending with -as, -ias.

Tobias is a rather uncommon male first name, ranking 1013 out of 1219 for males of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census. Tobias is a very popular surname, ranking 2687 out of 88799 for people of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.

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