Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/ Apocrypha of the Bible, Tobias is a popular male

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for both Christians and Jews in English-speaking countries,

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, the Low Countries, and Scandinavian countries. In English-speaking countries, it is often shortened to Toby. In German, this name appears as Tobias or Tobi; in French as Tobie; and in Swedish as Tobias or Tobbe. Tobias has also been a surname.

In other languages

* Danish, Norwegian, German, Dutch,

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

, Portuguese: Tobias *

Amharic Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...

: ጦቢያ (T’obīya) * Catalan: Tobies * Czech: Tobiáš, Tobias * Croatian: Tobijaš * Finnish: Topias, Topi *

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

: Tobie * Greek: Τωβίας ''(Tobías)'' * Hebrew: Tovia, Tuvya * Hungarian: Tóbiás * Italian: Tobia (name) *

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

: Tobijas * Polish: Tobiasz * Russian: Товий ''(Toviy)'' * Spanish: Tobías * Slovak: Tobiáš *

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

: טבֿיה (''Tevye'')

Only name

Biblical

Several people are called Tobias or similar names in the Bible era: *Tobias, son of Tobit; "Book of Tobias" is an older name for the

Book of Tobit The Book of Tobit () ''Tōbith'' or ''Tōbit'' ( and spellings are also attested) itself from he, טובי ''Tovi'' "my good"; Book of Tobias in the Vulgate from the Greek ''Tōbias'', itself from the Hebrew ''Tovyah'' " Yah is good", also k ...

*Tobias the elder; the name used for Tobit in the Vulgate and Douay–Rheims Bible. *Tobijah, two persons mentioned in the Bible: a Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat ( 2 Chronicles 17:8) and a Jew travelling from Babylon to Jerusalem with precious metal for Zerubbabel ( Zechariah 6:10,14). *

Tobiah (Ammonite) According to the Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, Tobiah was an Ammonite official who attempted to hinder Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile, and took over the storerooms of the Temple ...

- a significant leader of the opponents of Nehemiah as recorded in that book. * Tobiads, a Jewish or Ammonite faction at the beginning of the Maccabean period

Other

*Tobias, Christian martyr, see

Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and Companions Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus (Styrax, Istucarius), Tobias (Pactobius), Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and Companions are venerated as Christian martyrs. They were soldiers who were burned at the stake at Sebaste in 315 AD, during the reign o ...

* Tobias of Jerusalem, 2nd-century bishop *

Tobias (bishop of Rochester) __NOTOC__ Tobias was a medieval Bishop of Rochester The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury. The town of Rochester has the bishop's seat, at the Cathedral Church ...

, died 726

Given name

Tobias Abse Dr. Tobias Abse is a historian. He was a lecturer in the subject at Goldsmiths College of the University of London from 1994 to 2016. Abse has written extensively on the rise of the Fascist Right in Italy prior to World War II.https://books.google. ...

(professor) *

Tobias Abstreiter Tobias Abstreiter (born July 6, 1970) is a German former ice hockey centre. During his playing career he was described as a two-way player and a faceoff specialist. Professional career He started his career in 1987-88 with EV Landshut, playing ...

(hockey center) * Tobias Angerer (cross country skier) * Tobias Arlt (luger) * Tobias Bamberg (magician) * Tobias Barreto (critic/poet) * Tobias Beecher (from the TV series Oz) * Tobias Beer (actor) * Tobias Bernstrup (contemporary artist) * Tobias Billström (politician) *

Tobias Bjarneby Tobias Bjarneby was born in 1974 in Stockholm. He is one of Sweden's most noted video game magazine writers. He was the editor in chief of ''Super Play (Sweden), Super POWER'' magazine (renamed Super Play in 1996) from 1993 to December 2004 and ha ...

(video game journalist) *

Tobias de Boer Pieter Cornelis Tobias de Boer (21 May 1930 – 2 May 2016) was a Dutch scientist. He was a professor at the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of Cornell University. His research interest were in the field of thermodynamics and ...

(scientist) *

Tobias Bogner Tobias Bogner (born May 28, 1990) is a German ski jumper. He debuted in the World Cup in the team competition in Willingen Willingen (official name: ''Willingen (Upland)'') is a municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany, ...

(ski jumper) * Tobias Bonhoeffer (neurobiologist) *

Tobias Bridge Sir Tobias Bridge fought for Parliament in the English Civil War, and served the The Protectorate, Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell during the Interregnum (England), Interregnum. After the restoration (England), Restoration, he served King Charles II ...

(Major-General in the First English Civil War) *

Tobias S. Buckell Tobias S. Buckell (born 1979) is a New York Times Bestselling author and World Fantasy Award winner born in the Caribbean. He grew up in Grenada and spent time in the British and US Virgin Islands, which influence much of his work. His novels and ...

(science fiction author) * Tobias Capwell (born ), American curator, military historian and jouster *

Tobias Carlsson Johan Tobias Carlsson (born 25 February 1975) is a retired Swedish footballer who played as a defender. His last club was Kalmar FF in Allsvenskan. Honours and awards *Kalmar FF **Allsvenskan: 2008 **Svenska Cupen: 2007 **Svenska Supercupen: 20 ...

(Kalmar FF footballer) *

Tobías Zúñiga Castro Tobías Zúñiga Castro (February 10, 1854 – June 24, 1918) was a Costa Rican politician. He served as a diplomat and was Secretary of State. He was a member of the People's Party. He was born in San Jose, Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, on ...

(politician) * Tobias Cohn (17/18th century physician) * Tobias Cole (countertenor) *

Tobias Joaquim Dai General Tobias Joaquim Dai (born November 25, 1950) was Minister of National Defence of Mozambique from 2000 to 2008. He took office on January 17, 2000Tobias Dantzig (mathematician) * Tobias Delius (musician) *

Tobias Dier Tobias Dier (born 29 September 1976) is a German professional golfer. Dier was born in Nürnberg. He won the 1998 German Amateur Open Championship and turned professional later that year. He won a European Tour card by finishing sixth on the Cha ...

(golfer) *

Tobias Druitt Tobias Druitt is an author of fantasy novels. Tobias Druitt is the pseudonym of two authors who write together, Diane Purkiss and Michael Dowling. Diane Purkiss is a tutor in English at Keble College, Oxford University, and she is the first Oxfo ...

(author, pseudonym) *

Tobiah ben Eliezer Tobiah ben Eliezer ( he, טוביה בן אליעזר) was a Talmudist and poet of the 11th century, author of ''Lekach Tov'' or ''Pesikta Zutarta'', a midrashic commentary on the Pentateuch and the Five Megillot. Biography Zunz inferred from Tob ...

* Tobias Ellwood (politician) *

Tobias Enhus Tobias Enhus is a Swedish music composer living in the US. His work has appeared in films, such as '' Black Hawk Down''. He has also created music for television commercials, including the haunting score (featuring female operatic singing) heard ...

(composer) *

Tobias Enström Ulf Tobias "Toby" Enström (born 5 November 1984) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League with the Atlanta Thrashers and Winnipeg Jets. He left the NHL after 11 seasons to return and captain origi ...

(hockey defenceman) * Tobias Exxel (bass player from Edguy) * Tobias Forge (musician - Repugnant, Subvision, Ghost) * Tobias Fornell (character on the TV series "NCIS") * Tobias Forsberg (hockey winger) * Tobias Frere-Jones (type designer) *

Tobias Fünke ''Arrested Development'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on the Fox network from November 2, 2003, to February 10, 2006. A fourth season of 15 episodes was released on Netflix on May 26, 2013. Created by Mitchell Hurwit ...

(character in the TV series ''Arrested Development'') * Tobias Furneaux (Royal Navy officer) *Tobías García Mota (Dominican-Mexican) * Tobias Geffen (rabbi) *

Tobias Gentleman Tobias Gentleman ( fl. 1614) was an English mariner and writer, known for his book ''England's way to win wealth'', recommending development of the herring fisheries in England. Life Gentleman was a son of Thomas and Joan Gentleman, of Southwold, ...

(fl. 1614, English mariner and writer) *

Tobias Grahn Tobias Grahn (born 5 March 1980) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He won the 2002 Norwegian Football Cup with Vålerenga and the 2004 Allsvenskan with Malmö FF. A full international between 200 ...

(Gimnàstic de Tarragona midfielder) * Tobias Gregson (fictional character in a number of the "Sherlock Holmes" novels) *

Tobias Grünenfelder Tobias Grünenfelder (born 27 November 1977 in Elm, Glarus, Elm) is a Switzerland, Swiss alpine skier. He is the 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010 Swiss champion in super-G. He also won national Downhill gold in 2007 and 2009. He participated at the Wor ...

(Swiss alpine skier) * Tobias Harris (National Basketball Association player) *

Tobias Hecht Tobias Hecht (born 18 February 1964) is an American anthropologist, ethnographer, and translator. Hecht was born in Seattle, Washington. He received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1986 and his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology in 1995 from the ...

(American anthropologist, ethnographer, and translator) * Tobías Hernández (Major League Baseball player) *

Tobias Hill Tobias Hill (born 30 March 1970 in London, England) is a British poet, essayist, writer of short stories and novelist. Life Tobias Hill was born in Kentish Town, in North London, to parents of German Jewish and English extraction: his maternal ...

(poet/novelist) * Tobias Hoesl (German television actor) *

Tobias Hogan Tobias Gilmore "T.G." Mealey (August 5, 1823 – April 27, 1904) was a Canadian-born American entrepreneur, politician, and early settler of Minnesota. He grew up in New Brunswick, made his fortune in the California Gold Rush, and became an influ ...

(1823–1904, politician from Monticello, Minnesota) * Tobias Holmberg (Swedish Bandy player) * Tobias Holmqvist (Swedish footballer) * Tobias Hume (composer & soldier) * Tobias Hysén (IFK Göteborg footballer) * Detective Tobias Jones (fictional character) * Tobias Jones (writer) (author & journalist) * Tobias Kamke (German tennis player) * Tobias Karlsson (songwriter) (Swedish record producer) * Tobias Kassung (German classical guitarist and composer) * Tobias Krantz (Swedish politician) *

Tobías Lasser Tobías Lasser CBE (May 24, 1911 – May 25, 2006), was a recognized Venezuelan botanist, being a fundamental pillar in the creation of the Botanical Garden of Caracas, the School of Biology and the Faculty of Sciences of the Central University ...

(Venezuelan botanist) * Tobias Lear V (personal secretary) *

Tobias Levels Tobias Levels (born 22 November 1986) is a German former footballer of Dutch descent who played as a defender. Club career After his contract with Fortuna Düsseldorf had expired in summer 2014, Levels was a free agent for more than three months ...

(German-Dutch footballer) * Tobias Lindemann (German architect, designer and media entrepreneur) * Tobias Linderoth (Galatasaray midfielder) *

Tobias Lohner Tobias Lohner (13 March 1619, in Neuötting in the Diocese of Salzburg – 26 (probably) May, 1697) was an Austrian Jesuit theologian. Life He entered the Society of Jesus on 30 August 1637, at Landsberg am Lech, and spent his first years in ...

(1619 - 1697, Austrian Jesuit theologian) * Tobias Mabuta Munihango (Namibian amateur boxer) * Tobias Matthay (teacher & composer) * Tobias Matthew (archbishop of York) * Tobias Mayer (astronomer) * Tobias Mehler (Canadian actor) * Tobias Menzies (actor) *

Tobias Michael Carel Asser Tobias Michael Carel Asser (; 28 April 1838 – 29 July 1913) was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar. In 1911, he won the Nobel Peace Prize (together with Alfred Fried) for his work in the field of private international law, and in particular fo ...

(jurist) *

Tobias Mikaelsson Tobias Lars Mikaelsson (born 17 November 1988) is a Swedish footballer. He started his professional career with Aston Villa in England in 2007. After loan spells with Ljungskile and Port Vale, he signed with Swedish side Trollhättan in 2009. ...

(Swedish football player) *

Tobias Mikkelsen Tobias Pilegaard Mikkelsen (; born 18 September 1986) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a winger, he last played for Helsingborgs IF in the Allsvenskan. He has eight senior caps for Denmark, as well as a total of 11 youth ...

(Danish football player) * Tobias Moretti (actor) * Tobias Mullen (1818-1900, Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Erie) *

Tobias Müller (disambiguation) Tobias Müller may refer to: * Tobias Müller (footballer, born 1989), Swiss footballer * Tobias Müller (footballer, born 1993), German footballer * Tobias Müller (footballer, born 1994), German footballer * Tobias Müller (darts player) Tob ...

Tobias Nath Tobias Nath (born 1979 in Bochum, Germany) is a German voice actor. He is married to Rubina Kuraoka. Dubbing roles (excerpt) * Eddie Redmayne (as Balem Abrasax) in ''Jupiter Ascending'' * Michael Cyril Creighton (as Jake) in '' The Post'' ...

(German television actor) *

Tobias Nickenig Tobias Nickenig (born 1 August 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career 1. FC Köln Born in Neuwied, Nickenig came through the 1. FC Köln youth system. In the 2005–06 season, he was called up for th ...

(German footballer) *

Tobias Norris Tobias Crawford Norris (September 5, 1861 – October 29, 1936) was a Canadian politician who served as the tenth premier of Manitoba from 1915 to 1922. Norris was a member of the Liberal Party.J. M. Bumsted"Tobias Crawford Norris" ''The Cana ...

(politician) * Tobias Palmer (American football player) * Tobias Picker (composer) * Tobias Pflüger (politician) * Tobias A. Plants (1811 – 1887, U.S. Representative from Ohio) * Tobias Pock (Austrian Baroque painter) *

Tobias Pullen Tobias Pullen (1648 – 22 January 1713), or Tobias Pullein, was an Irish bishop. Biography Pullen was Anglican bishop of Cloyne and of Dromore, born at Middleham, Yorkshire in 1648, was, according to Cotton, grandson of Samuel Pullein (1598– ...

(Irish bishop) * Tobias Ragg (from musical ''Sweeney Todd'') *

Tobias Rathgeb Tobias Rathgeb (born 3 May 1982, in Ostfildern) is a German retired Association football, football midfielder. Career On 6 January 2010, his contract with FC Hansa Rostock was terminated. One day later, he returned to the second team of VfB Stut ...

(German football midfielder) * Tobias Rau (retired German footballer) * Tobias Read (member of the Oregon House of Representatives) * Tobias Regner (musician) *

Tobias Reinhardt Tobias Reinhardt (born 31 August 1971) is a German classical scholar, specialising in Latin literature and ancient philosophy. Since 2008, he has been the Corpus Christi Professor of Latin at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Corpus Christi ...

(classical scholar) *

Tobias Rustat Tobias Rustat (bapt. 17 September 1608 – 15 March 1694 N. S.) was a courtier to King Charles II and a benefactor of the University of Cambridge. He is remembered for creating the first fund for the purchase of books at the Cambridge Universit ...

(1606?-1694, benefactor of the University of Cambridge) * Tobias Sammet (vocalist from Edguy) * Tobias Schellenberg (competitive diver) * Tobias Schenke (German actor) * Tobias Schiegl (Austrian luger) * Tobias Schneebaum (artist & activist) * Tobias Schneider (German speedskater) *

Tobias Schönenberg Tobias Schönenberg (born 17 August 1986 in Hagen, West Germany) is a German actor and film director. In 2003, Tobias began earning money as a photomodel. He had always planned to study medicine, but a year and a half later, his career took off w ...

(actor & photomodel) *

Tobias Schweinsteiger Tobias Schweinsteiger (; born 12 March 1982) is a retired German footballer, who is the head coach of VfL Osnabrück. As player he was deployed as a midfielder or forward. He is the older brother of former German international Bastian Schweinste ...

(German footballer) * Tobias Simon (Miami civil rights lawyer) * Tobias Sippel (German football goalkeeper) *

Tobias Sjokvist Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha of the Bible, To ...

(born 1995), Swedish ice hockey player * Tobias Smollett (Scottish author) *

Tobias Steinhauser Tobias Steinhauser (born 27 January 1972) is a German former professional cyclist. He is the brother-in-law of Jan Ullrich. Steinhauser lives together with his wife and three children in Scheidegg, Bavaria. After his professional career he becam ...

(former German cyclist) * Tobias Stephan (hockey goaltender) * Tobias Stimmer (painter & illustrator) *

Tobias Summerer Tobias Summerer (born 1 February 1983 in Freising, Bavaria) is a German tennis player, who reached a career high on 4 July 2005, when he became the number 159 of the world. He is currently the coach of fellow German Philipp Kohlschreiber Phil ...

(German tennis player) * Tobias Tal (Dutch rabbi) * Tobias Tornkvist (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player *

Tobias Truvillion Tobias Truvillion (born October 1, 1975) is an American actor. Career In 2006, he received his first major role on ABC series '' One Life to Live'', playing Vincent Jones. He is also known for his roles on ''Empire'' (2016–17) and ''In Con ...

(African-American actor) * Tobias Unger (athlete) * Tobias Verhaecht (draughtsman) * Tobias Verwey (Namibian cricketer) * Tobias Viklund (Swedish ice hockey defenceman) *

Tobias Weis Tobias Weis (born 30 July 1985) is a German retired footballer. Club career Weis began his career 1990 with SC Bibersfeld and joined after three years in summer 1993 to Sportfreunde Schwäbisch Hall. He played for SF Schwäbisch Hall until July 1 ...

(German footballer) * Tobias Wendl (German luger) * Tobias Whale (fictional character in DC comics) *

Tobias Willi Tobias Willi (born 14 December 1979 in Freiburg) is a German former professional football midfielder who played for SC Freiburg, Austria Salzburg, and MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisbu ...

(former German football player) * Tobias Wolff (writer) * Tobias Zachary Ziegler (fictional character in the TV drama ''The West Wing'')

Derivative name

* Tobey Maguire (actor) * Toby Isaacs (fictional character from the TV series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'') * Toby Jessel (British politician)

Fictional

* Tobias Beckett, character in '' Solo: A Star Wars Story'' and mentor to Han Solo * Tobias Fornell, character on the CBS show, ''

NCIS NCIS or N.C.I.S. may refer to: Law enforcement * National Criminal Intelligence Service, the predecessor to the Serious Organised Crime Agency of the United Kingdom * Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a United States law enforcement and intelli ...

'' *

, character on the Fox sitcom, '' Arrested Development'' *Tobias, character on the CBS daytime drama series, '' The Young and the Restless'' * Tobias Snape, father of Severus Snape from the ''Harry Potter'' series *

Tobias Eaton This is a list of major and minor characters in the ''Divergent'' book trilogy and its subsequent film adaptation, ''The Divergent Series''. Main characters Tris Prior Beatrice "Tris" Prior is the viewpoint character in '' Divergent'' and ...

, a protagonist in a series of novels by Veronica Roth known as the ''Divergent'' trilogy *Jeffery Tobias Winger, character on the sitcom ''Community'' *

Tobias Wilson The ''Amazing World of Gumball'' characters appear in the British-American animated sitcom ''The Amazing World of Gumball''. The series revolves around the daily life of 12-year-old cat Gumball Watterson and his family—adoptive brother Darwi ...

, character on '' The Amazing World of Gumball'' * Tobias Zachary Ziegler, character on '' The West Wing'' *Tobias, character on the AMC drama '' Fear The Walking Dead'' *Tobias, character on Pokémon *Tobias Tenma, protagonist of Astro Boy (Movie) *Tobias, character in the book series '' Animorphs'' and its ''

TV adaptation An adaptation is a transfer of a work of art from one style, culture or medium to another. Some common examples are: * Film adaptation, a story from another work, adapted into a film (it may be a novel, non-fiction like journalism, autobiography, ...

'' *Tobias Rieper, false name used by Agent 47 on the video game Hitman

As a surname

{{main, Tobias (surname)

Places

Tobias, Nebraska Tobias is a village in Saline County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 106 at the 2010 census. History Tobias was platted in 1884 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named for Tobias Castor, a local settler. 1925 ...

, a village in the United States * Tobias, Ohio, a village in the United States * Tobias Barreto, Sergipe, a municipality in Brazil *

Tobias Fornier, Antique Tobias Fornier, officially the Municipality of Tobias Fornier, ( krj, Banwa kang Tobias Fornier; hil, Banwa sang Tobias Fornier; tl, Bayan ng Tobias Fornier), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the ...

, a municipality in the Philippines * Tobías Bolaños International Airport in Costa Rica * Tobias-Thompson Complex, a United States National Historic Landmark

Companies

* Tobias (bass guitar company) * Michael Tobias Design bass guitar company

Other

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