Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Τωβίας
“YHWH is my goodness”
Τωβίας (Tōbías) is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew, meaning “YHWH is my goodness.” It is used in Greek and Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Tobias.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Biblical Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (Ṭôḇiyyâ, “YHWH is my goodness”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Τωβίας’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Τωβίας has a later derivative in Tobias. In Greek usage, Τωβίας can be written in the Roman alphabet as Tovías. In Greek usage, Τωβίας has a conventional equivalent in the English form Tobias.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Τωβίας has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
5 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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