Male given name
Tobias and the Angel Filippino Lippi Tobias is thetransliteration of theKoine Greek :Τωβίας , which is aHellenization of theBiblical Hebrew nameטוֹבִיה Toviyah ' Yah is good' , which is the name of several minor Biblical figures as well as the protagonist of theapocryphal Book of Tobit . Tobias is a popular malegiven name for both Christians and Jews inEnglish-speaking countries ,German-speaking countries , theLow Countries , andScandinavian countries.
In English-speaking countries, it is often shortened toToby and derivative names includeTobey . In German, this name appears as Tobias or Tobi; in French as Tobie; and in Swedish as Tobias or Tobbe.
People known by the mononym [ edit ] Several people are called Tobias or similar names inthe Bible era:
Tobias, Christian martyr, seeAgapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and Companions Tobias of Jerusalem , 2nd-century bishopTobias (bishop of Rochester) , died 726People with given name [ edit ] Tobias (footballer, born 1949) (Brazilian footballer)Tobias Abse (professor)Tobias Abstreiter (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 (video game journalist)Tobias de Boer (scientist)Tobias Bogner (ski jumper)Tobias Bonhoeffer (neurobiologist)Tobias Bridge (Major-General in the First English Civil War)Tobias S. Buckell (science fiction author)Tobias Capwell (bornc. 1973 ), American curator, military historian and jouster Tobias Carlsson (footballer, born 1975) (Kalmar FF footballer)Tobias Carlsson (footballer, born 1995) (BK Häcken footballer)Tobías Zúñiga Castro (politician)Tobias Cohn (17/18th century physician)Tobias Cole (countertenor)Tobias Cremer (politician)Tobias Joaquim Dai (politician)Tobias Dantzig (mathematician)Tobias Delius (musician)Tobias Dier (golfer)Tobias Dorzon (chef)Tobias Druitt (author, pseudonym)Tobiah ben Eliezer Tobias Ebenberger (politician)Tobias Ellwood (politician)Tobias Enhus (composer)Tobias Enström (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 Furneaux (Royal Navy officer)Tobias Geffen (rabbi)Tobias Gentleman (fl. 1614, English mariner and writer)Tobias Grahn (Gimnàstic de Tarragona midfielder)Tobias Gregson (fictional character in a number of the "Sherlock Holmes" novels)Tobias Grünenfelder (Swiss alpine skier)Tobias Harris (National Basketball Association player)Tobias Hecht (American anthropologist, ethnographer, and translator)Tobías Hernández (Major League Baseball player)Tobias Hill (poet/novelist)Tobias Hoesl (German television actor)Tobias Hogan (1823–1904, politician from Monticello, Minnesota)Tobias Holmberg (Swedish Bandy player)Tobias Holmqvist (Swedish footballer)Tobias Hume (composer & soldier)Tobias Hysén (IFK Göteborg footballer)Tobias Jensen (Danish basketballer)Tobias Jesso Jr. (Canadian Songwriter of the year 2023 Grammy's)Detective Tobias Jones (fictional character)Tobias Jones (writer) (author & journalist)Tobias Jonsson (born 1996), Swedish Paralympic athleteTobias Jørgensen (born 2000), Danish Paralympic equestrianTobias Kamke (German tennis player)Tobias Karkulowski (Finnish footballer)Tobias Karlsson (songwriter) (Swedish record producer)Tobias Kassung (German classical guitarist and composer)Tobias Krantz (Swedish politician)Tobías Lasser (Venezuelan botanist)Tobias Lear V (personal secretary)Tobias Levels (German-Dutch footballer)Tobias Lindemann (German architect, designer and media entrepreneur)Tobias Linderoth (Galatasaray midfielder)Tobias Lohner (1619 - 1697, Austrian Jesuit theologian)Tobias Mabuta Munihango (Namibian amateur boxer)Tobias Maguire (actor and film producer)Tobias Matthay (teacher & composer)Tobias Matthew (archbishop of York)Tobias Mayer (astronomer)Tobias Mehler (Canadian actor)Tobias Menzies (actor)Tobias Michael Carel Asser (jurist)Tobias Mikaelsson (Swedish football player)Tobias Mikkelsen (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 Nath (German television actor)Tobias Nickenig (German footballer)Tobias Norris (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 (Irish bishop)Tobias Ragg (from musicalSweeney Todd )Tobias Rahim (Danish singer and poet)Tobias Rathgeb (German football midfielder)Tobias Rau (retired German footballer)Tobias Read (member of the Oregon House of Representatives)Tobias Regner (musician)Tobias Reinhardt (classical scholar)Tobias Rustat (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 (actor & photomodel)Tobias Schweinsteiger (German footballer)Tobias Simon (Miami civil rights lawyer)Tobias Sippel (German football goalkeeper)Tobias Sjokvist (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey playerTobias Smith (English Twitch Streamer)Tobias Smollett (Scottish author)Tobias Steinhauser (former German cyclist)Tobias Stephan (hockey goaltender)Tobias Stimmer (painter & illustrator)Tobias Summerer (German tennis player)Tobias Tal (Dutch rabbi)Tobias Tornkvist (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey playerTobias Truvillion (African-American actor)Tobias Unger (athlete)Tobias Verhaecht (draughtsman)Tobias Verwey (Namibian cricketer)Tobias Viklund (Swedish ice hockey defenceman)Tobias Weis (German footballer)Tobias Wendl (German luger)Tobias Whale (fictional character in DC comics)Tobias Whitaker , English physicianTobias Willi (former German football player)Tobias Wilner (Danish musician and film director)Tobias Wolff (writer)Tobias Zachary Ziegler (fictional character in the TV dramaThe West Wing )Fictional characters with the given name [ edit ] Tobias Beckett , character inSolo: A Star Wars Story and mentor to Han SoloTobias Fornell , character on the CBS showNCIS Tobias Fünke , character on the Fox sitcomArrested Development Tobias, character on the CBS daytime drama seriesThe Young and the Restless Tobias Snape , father of Severus Snape from theHarry Potter seriesTobias Eaton , a protagonist in a series of novels by Veronica Roth known as theDivergent trilogyJeffery Tobias Winger, character on the sitcomCommunity Tobias Wilson , character onThe Amazing World of Gumball Tobias Zachary Ziegler , character onThe West Wing Tobias, character on the AMC dramaFear The Walking Dead Tobias, character on Pokémon, seeList ofPokémon anime characters Tobias Tenma, protagonist of the movieAstro Boy Tobias, character in the book seriesAnimorphs TV adaptation Tobias Rieper, false name used byAgent 47 on the video gameHitman Tobias, character in the video gameThe Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard Tobias Vaughn, an antagonist in theDoctor Who The Invasion Name list
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