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Boy name Hebrew origin Christian tradition

Tobias

toh-BYE-us · 6 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
God is good
Language
Hebrew
Culture
Jewish
Religion
Christian
Style era
modern
Themes
biblical · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#280
2024 births1,210
Peak year2016
First appeared1880
Total US births28,093
2016 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Toby
Alternate spellings
TobiahTobi
In other languages
Tobias (English/German)Tobie (French)Tobía (Spanish)Tobiasz (Polish)Tobia (Italian)

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