Tobias
Meaning of Tobias
Tobias is a male name with the English pronunciation as toh-BY-uhs. It has a charming variation, Toby. The popularity of the name Tobias has seen some fluctuation over the years in the United States. From being relatively uncommon in the early 1900s, its popularity peaked in 2016 with 1522 newborn boys being given this name, ranking it 246th. However, even during its least popular years, such as 1995 where it was ranked at 718, Tobias remains an enduring choice for parents seeking a traditional yet distinctive name for their baby boy.
Pronunciation
British English
- Pronunced as toh-BY-uhs (/təʊˈbaɪəs/)
American English
- Pronunced as toh-BY-uhs (/toʊˈbaɪəs/)
U.S. Popularity Chart
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Notable People Named Tobias
| Tobias Simpson Menzies is an award-winning English actor known for his roles in The Crown, Outlander, Rome, and Game of Thrones. |
| Tobias George Smollett was a Scottish novelist, surgeon, critic, and playwright known for influential picaresque novels like The Adventures of Roderick Random, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker. |
| Tobias Wolff - Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff is an accomplished American writer and teacher known for his memoirs and award-winning fiction. |
| Tobias Schweinsteiger is a retired German footballer and former coach of VfL Osnabrück, known for his versatility as a midfielder or forward, and as the older brother of former German international Bastian Schweinsteiger. |
| Tobias Read is the current Oregon State Treasurer and a former member of the Oregon House of Representatives. |
| Glenn Tobias Hysén is a retired Swedish professional footballer who played as a forward or winger for various clubs and represented Sweden internationally, including at UEFA Euro 2012. |
| Tobias Adrian is a prominent German and American economist known for his work at the International Monetary Fund and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, focusing on capital markets and their impact on the global economy. |
| Tobias Smuts was a prominent Boer general during the Second Boer War and a member of the Eerste Volksraad for the South African Republic. |
| Tobias Lütke - Tobias "Tobi" Lütke is a prominent German/Canadian entrepreneur known for co-founding and leading the e-commerce giant Shopify, as well as his contributions to the Ruby on Rails framework. |
| Tobias Rieder is a German professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Växjö Lakers of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and has previously played in the NHL for teams like the Arizona Coyotes, Los Angeles Kings, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, and Buffalo Sabres. |
| Captain Tobias Furneaux was a British navigator and Royal Navy officer who sailed with James Cook on his second voyage and was one of the first to circumnavigate the world in both directions. |
| Tobias Huber is a prominent German nephrologist and internist, serving as a university professor and the Director and Chairman of the III. Department of Medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. |
| Rabbi Tobias Geffen, a prominent American Orthodox rabbi, is best known for certifying Coca-Cola as kosher in 1935. |
| Tobias Tigjani Sana is a Swedish professional footballer known for his role as an attacking midfielder at Allsvenskan club BK Häcken. |
| Tobias Jesso Jr. - Tobias MacDonald Jesso Jr. is a Canadian musician known for his debut album "Goon" and for winning the first Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. |
