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[ 3 syll. to-bias, tob-i- as ] The baby boy name Tobias is pronounced in English as Tah-B AY-ahS or in German as Tow-B IY-aaS â . Tobias is used chiefly in the English, German, and Scandinavian languages, and it is derived from Hebrew origins. The name's meaning is Yahweh is good.
With its Old Testament-Dickensian feel, it's a name with a distinguished pedigree -- Tobias Smollett, for instance, was a major eighteenth century Scottish novelist -- that also has a modern feel. A contemporary bearer is Tobias Wolff, author of A Boy's Life.oby also was the name of a character on The West Wing. Actor Tobey Maguire was born Tobias and named his son Otis Tobias. There is also the rarely used but still viable daddy of them all, Tobiah, the name of a rebel Hebrew king.