Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Jewish use, Tevye shares an earlier linguistic root with Tobias. An origin associated with Tobias is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Jewish use, Tevye shares an earlier linguistic root with Tobias. The history of Tobias gives this family its wider story. Tobias appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Tevye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tevye’s family of names
Tevye shares a linguistic root with Tobias. Tevye is a form of Tuvia. Tevye shares a linguistic root with Tuvia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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