Given name & surname
Tobia
“The Lord is good”
Tobia is a variant of Tobias. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is good.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tobia is a variant of Tobias. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is good.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tobia is a variant of Tobias. An origin associated with Tobias is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Tobia developed from Τωβίας.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tobia is a variant of 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
Tobia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 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 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 244 as a first name in 2020; 1,138 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tobia’s family of names
In Italian usage, Tobia developed from the Ancient Greek form Τωβίας. Tobia has a related form in Tobias. In Italian usage, Tobia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Tobias.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tobia has relatives in 7 languages.
5 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tobia
- Tobia BocchiItalian athletics competitorborn 1997
- Tobia Lionellipreacher1647–1714
- Tobia ScarpaItalian architect (born 1935)
- Tobia AounLebanese archbishop1803–1871
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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