Tobias is the

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of the , which is a Graecisation of the

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biblical name . With the biblical

Book of Tobit The Book of Tobit (), also known as the Book of Tobias, is a deuterocanonical pre-Christian work from the 3rd or early 2nd century BC which describes how God tests the faithful, responds to prayers, and protects the pre-covenant community (i.e., ...

being present in the

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and

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, Tobias is a popular male

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for both Christians and Jews in

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, German-speaking countries, the

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, and

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n countries. In English-speaking countries, it is often shortened to Toby and derivative names include Tobey. In German, this name appears as Tobias or Tobi; in French as Tobie; and in Swedish as Tobias or Tobbe.

In other languages

* Danish, Norwegian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Portuguese: Tobias *

Amharic Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...

: ጦቢያ ''Ṭobiya'' * Burmese: တိုဘိယ (''Tobiya'') * Catalan: Tobies * Chinese (Simplified): 托拜厄斯 (Tuōbàièsī) * Chinese (Traditional):託比亞斯 (Tuōbǐyǎsī) * Croatian: Tobijaš *

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

: Tobiáš, Tobias * Finnish: Topias, Topi * French: Tobie *

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

: Τωβίας ''(Tobías)'' or '' (Tovias) '' *

: טוֹבִיה ''(Tovyah)'', Tovia, Tuvya * Hungarian: Tóbiás * Irish: Tóibias * Italian: Tobia * Kazakh: Тобиас (Tobïas) * Kurdish: Tobîas * Latgalian: Tobijas * Lithuanian: Tobijas *

Occitan Occitan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain. * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France. * Occitan language, spoken in parts o ...

: Tòbiàs * Polish: Tobiasz * Romanian: ''Tobie'' or ''Tobit'' * Russian: Товий ''(Toviy)'' * Slovak: Tobiáš * Spanish: Tobías * Ukrainian: Товія ''(Toviya)'' *

Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

: טבֿיה (''Tevye'')

People known by the mononym

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

*Tobias the elder; the name used for Tobit in the

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and

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. *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 Nehemiah (; ''Nəḥemyā'', "Yahweh, Yah comforts") is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period as the governor of Yehud Medinata, Persian Judea under Artaxer ...

as recorded in that book. *

Tobiads The Tobiads were a Jewish dynasty in Ammon with origins possibly rooted in the First Temple Period, both literary and archaeological evidence point to their prominence during the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty and at the beginning of the Hasmon ...

, 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 *

Tobias of Jerusalem Tobias of Jerusalem was the fifth Bishop of Jerusalem, who lived in the 2nd century. (also known as Thaddeus of Edessa), one of the seventy disciples and a miraculous healer. According to Eusebius, Tobias was a Jewish Christian born to Jewish p ...

, 2nd-century bishop * Tobias (bishop of Rochester), died 726

People with given name

* 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 Tobias Beecher is a fictional character on the television show '' Oz'', played by Lee Tergesen. He is one of only nine regular characters (both prisoners and guards) to survive the entire run of the show. The others are Bob Rebadow, Ryan O'Reily ...

(from the TV series Oz) * Tobias Beer (actor) *

Tobias Bernstrup Tobias Bernstrup (born 17 July 1970 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish contemporary artist working with videos, interactive works, live performances and electronic music. He received an MFA from Royal College University of Fine Arts Stockholm ...

(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 (born ), 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 Tobias Dantzig (; February 19, 1884 – August 9, 1956) was a Russian-American mathematician, the father of George Dantzig, and the author of '' Number: The Language of Science (A critical survey written for the cultured non-mathematician)'' (1930) ...

(mathematician) * Tobias Delius (musician) * Tobias Dier (golfer) * Tobias Dorzon (chef) * Tobias Druitt (author, pseudonym) * Tobiah ben Eliezer * Tobias Ebenberger (politician) *

Tobias Ellwood Lieutenant Colonel Tobias Martin Ellwood (born 12 August 1966) is a former British Conservative Party politician and soldier who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth East from 2005 to 2024. He chaired the Defence Select ...

(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 Captain Tobias Furneaux (21 August 173518 September 1781) was a British navigator and Royal Navy officer, who accompanied James Cook on his second voyage of exploration. He was one of the first men to circumnavigate the world in both direction ...

(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) * Detective Tobias Jones (fictional character) * Tobias Jones (writer) (author & journalist) * Tobias Jonsson (born 1996), Swedish Paralympic athlete * Tobias Jørgensen (born 2000), Danish Paralympic equestrian * Tobias 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 Tobias Simpson Menzies (born 7 March 1974) is an English actor. He is known for playing Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in the third and fourth seasons of the series ''The Crown'', for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding S ...

(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 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 Ca ...

(politician) * Tobias Palmer (American football player) *

Tobias Picker Tobias Picker (born July 18, 1954) is an American composer, pianist, and Conductor (music), conductor, noted for his orchestral works ''Old and Lost Rivers'', ''Keys To The City (orchestral work), Keys To The City'', and ''The Encantadas (orches ...

(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 Tobias Ragg (also spelled as Tobias Wragg and sometimes referred to as Toby) is a fictional character who appears in various adaptations of the story ''Sweeney Todd''. The character is an apprentice to the abusive barber Adolfo Pirelli, Pirelli u ...

(from musical ''Sweeney Todd'') * 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 player * Tobias Smith (English Twitch Streamer) *

Tobias Smollett Tobias George Smollett (bapt. 19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish writer and surgeon. He was best known for writing picaresque novels such as ''The Adventures of Roderick Random'' (1748), ''The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle'' ...

(Scottish author) * Tobias Steinhauser (former German cyclist) * Tobias Stephan (hockey goaltender) *

Tobias Stimmer Tobias Stimmer (7 April 1539 – 4 January 1584In the old style.) was a Switzerland, Swiss painter and illustrator. His most famous work is the paintings on the Strasbourg astronomical clock. Biography He was born in Schaffhausen, and was a ...

(painter & illustrator) * Tobias Summerer (German tennis player) * Tobias Tal (Dutch rabbi) * Tobias Tornkvist (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player * Tobias Truvillion (African-American actor) *

Tobias Unger Tobias Benjamin Unger (born 10 July 1979) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in sprints. Biography Unger comes from Wendlingen am Neckar and studied sport science at the University of Tübingen and trained in Ludwigsburg. ...

(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 physician * Tobias Willi (former German football player) * Tobias Wilner (Danish musician and film director) * Tobias Wolff (writer) * Tobias Zachary Ziegler (fictional character in the TV drama ''The West Wing'')

Fictional characters with the given name

* Tobias Beckett, character in ''Solo: A Star Wars Story'' and mentor to Han Solo * Tobias Fornell, character on the CBS show ''NCIS'' * Tobias Fünke, character on the Fox sitcom ''Arrested Development'' *Tobias, character on the CBS daytime drama series ''

The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in the fictional Genoa City (named after the real-life Genoa City, Wiscon ...

'' * Tobias Snape, father of Severus Snape from the ''Harry Potter'' series * Tobias Eaton, 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, 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 ''Fear the Walking Dead'' is an American post-apocalyptic horror drama television series created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson for AMC. It is a spin-off to '' The Walking Dead'', which is based on the comic book series of the same na ...

'' *Tobias, character on Pokémon, see List of ''Pokémon'' anime characters *Tobias Tenma, protagonist of the movie ''

Astro Boy ''Astro Boy'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Kobunsha's ''Shōnen'' from 1952 to 1968. The 112 chapters were collected into 23 volumes by Akita Shoten. Da ...

'' *Tobias, character in the book series ''

Animorphs ''Animorphs'' is a science fantasy series of youth books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all si ...

'' and its '' TV adaptation'' *Tobias Rieper, false name used by

Agent 47 Agent 47 is a fictional character (arts), character and the player character of the Hitman (franchise), ''Hitman'' stealth game franchise created and developed by IO Interactive. He has been featured in all games of the series, as well as vario ...

on the video game ''Hitman'' *Tobias, character in the video game '' The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard'' *Tobias Vaughn, an antagonist in the ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...