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Tobias

in the US

There are 5,408 people with the first name "Tobias" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Tobias 2,487
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  1. is 2,483rd most common Layne
  2. is 2,484th most common Ilona
  3. is 2,485th most common Carina
  4. is 2,486th most common Kimber
  5. is 2,487th most common Tobias
  6. is 2,488th most common Inge
  7. is 2,489th most common Klaus
  8. is 2,490th most common Maurine
  9. is 2,491st most common Lai

Similar Names and Nicknames

Tobius, Tobis, Tobiasz, Tobice, Tobijah, Tobious, Tobisha, Tobisa, Tobiass, Tobies

Most Common Last Names for Tobias

Johnson, Martinez, Smith, Garcia, Williams, Brown, Miller, Jones, Lopez, Hernandez

Meaning & History

(male) Greek form of Hebrew Tobiah ‘God is good’, borne by several characters in the Bible (appearing in the Authorized Version also as Tobijah). In the Middle Ages, however, it was principally associated with the tale of ‘Tobias and the Angel’. According to the Book of Tobit in the Apocrypha, Tobias, the son of Tobit, a rich and righteous Jew of Nineveh, was lucky enough to acquire the services of the archangel Raphael as a travelling companion on a journey to Ecbatana. He returned wealthy, married, and with a cure for his father's blindness. A historical St Tobias was martyred (c.315) at Sebaste in Armenia, together with Carterius, Styriacus, Eudoxius, Agapius, and five others.

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