TOBIAS  

Gender: M
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: "the Lord is good"

Popularity in 2008: #531

Friendly and appealing in an Old Testament/Dickensian kind of way.

International Variations:
Tubia, Tevye (Hebrew) Teive, Tubia (Yiddish)

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Tobias is being discussed in our message boards:

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