NameRealm
Tobias

Tobias: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“God is good”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
toh-BYE-us · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys

Tobias comes from the Hebrew name Toviyah via Greek and Latin forms. It is a traditional biblical name.

Hebrew namesEnglish namesGerman namesScandinavian namesNames meaning faithClassic namesBiblical namesInternational names

How popular is Tobias?

2024364 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Tobias in 20241,210

2024 rank#280 boys

Peak year2016

Total US babies since 188028,093

Tobias is rising: use over the last five years is 2.4× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Tobias

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • TobinGod is good · Hebrew
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew

Tobias questions

What does the name Tobias mean?

Tobias means "God is good". It comes from Hebrew. Tobias comes from the Hebrew name Toviyah via Greek and Latin forms. It is a traditional biblical name.

Is Tobias a boy or girl name?

Tobias is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Tobias?

1,210 US babies were named Tobias in 2024. Its peak year was 2016.

How do you pronounce Tobias?

Tobias is usually pronounced toh-BYE-us.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.