boy · hebrew
Toby
say it toh-bee
What Toby means
- Hebrew short form of Tobias: God is good
How popular it is
Its use is falling over the last ten years.
- no. 74 in England & Wales (2024)
- no. 77 in New Zealand (2023)
- no. 134 in Australia (2024)
- no. 136 in Northern Ireland (2025)
- no. 218 in Scotland (2025)
- no. 426 in Denmark (2019)
- no. 686 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 868 in Portugal (2017)
In the United States it was most popular around 1970.
Other forms
Tobias, Tobiah
Names with a similar meaning
Gabriel Theo Jack Mateo Daniel Samuel Theodore Elias Elijah Michael Raphael Martin
Toby in stories
- The Office: Toby Flenderson, the HR rep Michael hates
- The West Wing: Toby Ziegler, the communications director