Baby name
FADING
🇦🇷 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 Tobias
/to · BY · us/
Meaning
“God is good or the Lord is my good”
Hebrew tobiyahu means 'God is good' or 'the Lord is my good'; biblical and post-biblical Jewish naming tradition; medieval saint.
Nicknames
toby · tobe · bi
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Tobias has surged as a classical biblical name across English-speaking and Germanic countries since 2000, reaching top-50.
The cultural moment.
United States saw Tobias rise from rare to top-50 2005-2025; Scandinavia and Germany maintain steady high usage; strong modern growth.