Given name
Tuvia
“The Lord is good”
In Jewish use, Tuvia is a form of Tobias. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is good.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Jewish use, Tuvia is a form of Tobias. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is good.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Jewish use, Tuvia is a form of Tobias. An origin associated with Tobias is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Jewish use, Tuvia is used as a form of Tobias.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Jewish use, Tuvia is a form 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
Tuvia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 247
- 247 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,851 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,851 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 241 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tuvia’s family of names
Tuvia shares a linguistic root with Tobias. Tuvia is a form of Tobias. Tuvia shares a linguistic root with Teive.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tuvia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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