Tobias

I had an Aunt tell me I wasn't naming my dog, when she found out our Son's name was going to be Toby. We ended up naming him Tobias. Mostly goes by Toby. His dad calls him Tobs. He loves his name!

In response to those concerned about the nick name Toby. I use Tobias in my professional life, my family calls me Toby, the bulk of my friends have shortened it even further to simply Tob (with a hard "o") I never had a problem with any of them. However, it does annoy me when someone says "Tobias? Do they call you Toby? My (insert relative) had a (insert pet) named Toby."

We named our son Tobias. We never used the short form Toby. He's 8 now and he hates it if someone calls him Toby.

We chose Tobias as we had a friend who had visitors from Denmark who had a son named Tobias. We had an instant placement adoption. We got a phone call at noon, and he was ours at 3pm. We had lots of girl names but only one boy name.

Another pop cultural reference is:
Tobias C. Fornell or "T.C. Fornell" is an FBI Special Agent who occasionally collaborates with the NCIS Major Case Response Team and who is also good friends with the team's leader, Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

FOURTRIS all the way! (at least until Allegiant :'-( ) four is my favorite character

I think I might have changed my mind, since writing this comment. I love Tobias with Toby for short, at least as much as just Toby, as an independent name. If that makes sense. I am shifting in my feelings, in the direction of Tobias/Toby, basically. I still love Toby on its own, though. 😃

I love tobias as its my eldest name (Roman and Tobias, twins!!)
He is Tobias Knox Wolf!!

I like Joshua too, but Tobias and Toby are excellent names.

I do like this, but feel that Toby is fine in its own right, and I tend to prefer it. It's one of my favourite boys' names.

Not many people know Tobias Funke and kids will never get the connection. Tobias Funke is awesome haha :) Tobias is a great name!

Haha exactly what I thought! But let's be honest he's an amazingly quirky character on the show. If anything it makes me like the name more. :)

Love the meaning but not nickname Toby. Bethany Hamilton names her son this!

I really like this name, but the connection to the Arrested Development's Tobias Fünke (who is hilarious, don't get me wrong) is incredibly discouraging.

You should add in Tobias Eaton from Divergent. It's a pretty popular series of books and the movies even more so. That's most likely why it's getting really popular right now. So yeah, definitely add that into the description!

Tobias Fünke, anyone?

Sounds like a very strong name. Definitely, every time I hear this name it reminds me of Tobias Eden from The Divergent Series, that's not a bad thing; Tobias is a hero and a leader.

I LOVE this name! It's so strong, dignified and masculine. The only problem for me is that I'm not too keen on Toby, and I can't really think of any other plausible nicknames.

Tobias is an awesome name! It sounds kind of bluesy and effortlessly cool to me, plus modern-hip while also being vintage and with strong biblical roots. The nickname Toby: love! The only point I don't quite like about the name is the -bias sound.

I'm kind of in the middle with Tobias. The 'bias' part at the end makes me not like it as much.

I am so glad I chose to name my son Tobias instead of our second choice, Joshua. It's feels much more distinctive to me. We also call him Toby and that fits him really well.

In Ohio, there are funeral homes named after the Tobias family. I'll be the first to admit that I occasionally browse obits for name inspiration, but it's too eerie to actually consider this name for my son since it is an entire funeral home establishment.

Tobias is one of the main characters of the Divergent series, aka Four.