Tobias

Tobias is a Greek form of the Hebrew name "Tobijah" from the Bible, meaning "Jehovah [God] is good". It is a popular male first name in Germany, Scandinavia, the United States and among Jewish people. In countries that speak English it is often shortened to Toby. Other short forms are Tobi (English, Germany) and Tobbe (Sweden). Tobias has also been a surname (last name).

Biblical

Several people are called Tobias in The Bible:

• Tobias, son of Tobit; "Book of Tobias" is an older name for the Book of Tobit
• Tobias the elder
• Tobias, father of Hircanus
• Tobiah (Ammonite)
• Tobias, brother-in-law of Onias II, father of the Joseph who defeated Ptolemy III Euergetes.
• Tobbe, son-in-law of Onias III, son of Onias II

As a given name

• Tobias (Animorphs) (fictional character)
• Tobias Abse (professor)
• Tobias Abstreiter (hockey center)
• Tobias Angerer (cross country skier)
• Tobias Arlt (luger)
• Tobias Bamberg (magician)
• Tobias Barreto de Meneses (critic/poet)
• Tobias Beecher (from Oz)
• Tobias Beer (actor)
• Tobias Bernstrup (modern artist)
• Tobias Billström (politician)
• Tobias Bjarneby (video game journalist)
• Tobias Bogner (ski jumper)
• Tobias Bonhoeffer (neurobiologist)
• Tobias Bruns (artist)
• Tobias S. Buckell (scifi author)
• Tobias Büttner (football defender)
• Tobias Carlsson (Kalmar FF footballer)
• Tobías Zúñiga Castro (politician)
• Tobias Cohn (17/18th century doctor)
• Tobias Cole (countertenor)
• Tobias Joaquim Dai (politician)
• Tobias Dantzig (mathematician)
• Tobias Delius (musician)
• Tobias Dier (golfer)
• Tobias Druitt (author, pseudonym)
• Tobias Ellwood (politician)
• Tobias Eng (musician)
• Tobias Enhus (composer)
• Tobias Enström (hockey defenceman)
• Tobias Exxel (bass player from Edguy)
• Tobias Fish (future megastar)
• Tobias Forsberg (hockey winger)
• Tobias Frere-Jones (type designer)
• Tobias Fünke (Arrested Development)
• Tobias Furneaux (Royal Navy officer)
• Tobias Geffen (rabbi)
• Tobias Geye (artist)
• Tobias Gondrom (internet engineer)
• Tobias Grahn (Gimnàstic de Tarragona midfielder)
• Tobias Gregson (fictional character)

• Tobias Grünenfelder
• Tobias Hayek
• Tobias Hecht
• Tobías Hernández
• Tobias Hill (poet/novelist)
• Tobias Hoesl
• Tobias Hogan
• Tobias Holmberg
• Tobias Holmqvist
• Tobias Hume (composer & soldier)
• Tobias Hysén (IFK Göteborg footballer)
• Tobias Jesso
• Detective Tobias Jones
• Tobias Jones (writer) (author & journalist)
• Tobias Kamke
• Tobias Kassung
• Tobias Krantz
• Tobías Lasser
• Tobias Lear V (personal secretary)
• Tobias Levels
• Tobias Lindemann
• Tobias Linderoth (Galatasaray midfielder)
• Tobias Lohner
• Tobias Mabuta Munihango
• Tobias Matthay (teacher & composer)
• Tobias Matthew (archbishop of York)
• Tobias Mayer (astronomer)
• Tobias Mehler
• Tobias Menzies (actor)
• Tobias Michael Carel Asser (jurist)
• Tobias Mikaelsson
• Tobias Mikkelsen
• Tobias Moretti (actor)
• Tobias Mullen
• Tobias Müller
• Tobias Nath
• Tobias Nickenig
• Tobias Crawford Norris (politician)
• Tobias Oetiker
• Tobias Ohls
• Tobias Picker (composer)

• Tobias Pflüger (politician)
• Tobias A. Plants
• Tobias Pock
• Tobias Ragg (from Sweeney Todd)
• Tobias Rathgeb
• Tobias Rau (Arminia Bielefeld defender)
• Tobias Read
• Tobias Regner (musician)
• Tobias Rustat
• Tobias Sammet (vocalist from Edguy)
• Tobias Schellenberg (competitive diver)
• Tobias Schenke
• Tobias Schiegl
• Tobias Schneebaum (artist & activist)
• Tobias Schneider
• Tobias Schönenberg (actor & photomodel)
• Tobias Schweinsteiger
• Tobias Simon
• Tobias Sippel
• Tobias Smollett (Scottish author)
• Tobias Snape (father of Severus Snape)
• Tobias Steinhauser
• Tobias Stephan (hockey goaltender)
• Tobias Stimmer (painter & illustrator)
• Tobias Summerer
• Tobias Truvillion
• Tobias Unger (athlete)
• Tobias Verhaecht (draughtsman)
• Tobias Verwey
• Tobias Viklund
• Tobias Weis
• Tobias Wendl
• Tobias Whale (fictional character)
• Tobias Willi
• Tobias Wolff (writer)

Middle name

• Abraham Tobias Boas
• Albert Tobias Clay
• Ferdinand Tobias Richter
• J. Tobias Anderson
• Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor
• Johann Tobias Beck
• Johann Tobias Bürg (astronomer)
• Johann Tobias Krebs (composer)
• Johann Tobias Mayer

Derivative name

See also: Toby and Tobey

• Tobey Maguire
• Tobiah ben Eliezer

As a surname

The surname Tobias may refer to the following people:

• Andrew Tobias, American journalist, author and columnist
• Channing Heggie Tobias
• Charles Tobias, American songwriter
• Errol Tobias, former South African rugby union footballer
• George Tobias, American character actor
• Gert & Uwe Tobias
• Herbert Tobias
• Jenny Kendall-Tobias, British radio presenter
• Jesse Tobias, American guitarist
• John Tobias, American co-creator of the Mortal Kombat fighting game series
• Mahlon Tobias
• Marc Tobias
• Michael Tobias
• Murray Tobias
• Nataliya Tobias
• Oliver Tobias, British film, stage and TV actor
• Paul Tobias, former member of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses
• Phillip V. Tobias, South African palaeoanthropologist
• Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, former United States Director of Foreign Assistance and administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development
• Rudolf Tobias, first Estonian professional composer
• Seth Tobias
• Timothy J. Tobias
• Todd Tobias

Places

• Tobias, Nebraska, A US village
• Tobias Fornier, Antique, a city in the Philippines

Arts

Tobias and the Angel is the title given to paintings and other artworks showing a scene in which Tobias, son of Tobit, meets an angel without knowing he is an angel (Book of Tobit, 5.5-6) and is then told by the angel what to do with a giant fish he catches (Book of Tobit, 6.2-9), including:

Literature/Theatre

• Tobias and the Angel (Jonathan Dove), community opera
• "Tobias and the Angel", 1975 novel by Frank Yerby