Tobias

Greek from Hebrew

"God is good"

Tobias Origin and Meaning

The name Tobias is a boy's name of Hebrew, Greek origin meaning "God is good".

Tobias is one of a number of s-ending boys' names that are riding a wave of popularity. With its Old Testament-Dickensian feel, it's a name with a distinguished pedigree.

Tobias is the Greek form of the Hebrew Tobiah, which was derived from the name Toviyah. Toviyah was created from the elements tov, meaning "good" and yah, representing the Hebrew God. Tobias is the name of several biblical figures but is primarily associated with the story of Tobias and the Angel.

A contemporary bearer is Tobias Wolff, author of A Boy's Life. Tobias Smollett was a major eighteenth century Scottish novelist. Tobias Snape, meanwhile, is a Harry Potter character.

The short form Toby has a life of its own, used independently at least as far back as Shakespeare's time, with Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night. Toby also was the name of a character on The West Wing. Actor Tobey Maguire was born Tobias and named his son Otis Tobias.

There is also the rarely used but still viable daddy of them all --Tobiah, the name of a rebel Hebrew king

Tobias Rank in US Top 1000

# 280 in the US

Tobias Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 133 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Tobias

• 280 US 2024
• 133 Nameberry 2025
• 179 Future 2028
• 105 England 2023
• 94 New Zealand 2024
• 83 Germany 2017
• 49 Netherlands 2024
• 20 Norway 2024
• 199 Switzerland 2021
• 9 Austria 2023

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Famous People Named Tobias

• Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff American novelist
• Tobias George Smollett Scottish novelist and poet
• Tobias Vincent "Tobey" Maguire American actor
• Tobias John Harris American basketball player
• Tobias Matthew English Archbishop of York
• Tobias Kamke German tennis player
• Tobias Michel Karel Asser Dutch lawyer, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
• Tobias Furneaux English navigator
• (Glenn) Tobias Hysén Swedish footballer
• Tobias "Theo" Leendert Bamberg Dutch magician
• Tobias Menzes English actor
• Tobias Moretti Austrian actor
• Tobias Joseph "Toby" Turner aka Tobuscus American YouTuber
• Tobias MacDonald Jesso Jr. Canadian musician
• Tobias Söderberg (b. 2010) son of biathlete Uschi Disl and Tomas Söderberg
• Tobias Del Piero (b. 2010) son of footballer Alessandro Del Piero
• Tobias Dirks (b. 2015) son of surfer Bethany Hamilton
• Otis Tobias Maguire son of American actor Tobey Maguire
• Tobias Forge frontman of Swedish heavy metal band Ghost

The name Tobias in Pop Culture

• Tobias Wilson fictional character on the animated show "The Amazing World of Gumball"
• Tobias Fornell FBI agent that helps with cases on "NCIS"; Gibbs' friend
• Tobias "Four" Eaton character in the Divergent trilogy
• Tobias Funke character on TV's "Arrested Development"
• Tobias "Toby" Ziegler character on TV's "The West Wing"
• Tobias Ragg character in musical "Sweeney Todd"
• Tobias character in the Animorphs books by K. A. Applegate
• Tobias Hankel character on TV's "Criminal Minds"
• Tobias (Toby) Dancing Through the Snow
• Tobias Beecher a character on TV's "Oz"
• Tobias "Toby" Isaacs character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
• Tobias Snape Severus Snape's father in the Harry Potter series
• Tobias character in the Main Street Series
• Tobias "Toby" Kennish character on TV's "Switched at Birth"
• Tobias Herondale mentioned in "The Lost Herondale" by Cassandra Clare
• Tobias Church character on The CW's "Arrow"
• Tobias "Toby" Domzalski character in the Netflix series "Trollhunters"
• Tobias Beckett character in the 2018 Star Wars Film "Solo: A Star Wars Story" Tobias Beckett was portrayed by Woody Harrelson

International Variations of the name Tobias

• Tevye Hebrew
• Teive Yiddish
• Tubia Yiddish