Given name & surname
Tobie
“The Lord is good”·“God is good”
Tobie is a variant of Tobias. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is good.” Tobie is a variant of Tobi. In Hebrew use, Tobi carries the interpretation “God is good.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tobie is a variant of Tobias. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is good.” Tobie is a variant of Tobi. In Hebrew use, Tobi carries the interpretation “God is good.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tobie is a variant of 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 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tobie 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
Tobie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,321
- 931 boys · 1,390 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 102 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,838 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 51% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,838 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 80 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,820 as a first name in 2020; 289 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.
Tobie’s family of names
In French usage, Tobie has a conventional equivalent in the English form Toby. Tobie has a related form in Tobias. In French usage, Tobie has a conventional equivalent in the English form Tobias.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tobie has relatives in 17 languages.
10 related names in 17 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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 Tobie
- Tobie DonovanBritish actorborn 2002
- Tobie NathanFrench psychologist and writerborn 1948
- Georges HerpinFrench philatelist1820–1900
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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