Comments for the name Tobias

Tobias Snape is the name of Severus Snape's father in the Harry Potter series.

Tobias was the name of a boy in the "Animorphs" book series who was stuck being a hawk for the rest of his life.

'Tobias' literally means 'God is Great'.

A nicer sounding name than Tobiah.

Actor Tobey Maguire's full name is Tobias Vincent Maguire.

Todias MORETTI is the Austrian actor who plays Moser in Inspector Rex.

I like the meaning of this name.

Tobias is a great name for a boy, I also like the name Tobin.

This is such a cool name! I adore it. It's strong, timeless and not overused.

Very popular in Germany, pronounced to-BEE-us.
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This is the name of Heidi's father in the novel. He is only mentioned, he's not an actual character.

Listen to the German pronunciation of Tobias here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

Tobias is very popular in Norway nowadays.

Tobias Wolff is an author.

Common nickname in Sweden is Tobbe, our Toby I suppose.

Tobias is a really strong name. I like it very much. I hate Toby however. It grates on my ears and I don't know why.

Tobias Fünke was a character on the TV series "Arrested Development".

I like the name, but I am a little concerned about the fact that it is Biblical, and Biblical names in general are pretty much a turn-off for me.

Tobias is also the Czech and Slovak form.
Name Day: 2th November, 12th September.

My sister wants to name her first son Tobias. I really like it, it's a timeless classic! Although I don't really like the nickname Toby, I prefer Tobias. Some names are good the way they are, they don't need a nickname.

Petforms: Toby, Tobin, Tobes, Tobiah.

Tobias Menzies, is a British actor.

I love this name, it is a formal name for an adult and for a boy, his nickname could be "Tobi," which I think sounds great as well.

In the television show, Degrassi: The Next Generation, there is a character named Toby whose full name is Tobias.

Danish tennis player Frederik Fetterlein and Czech model Tereza Maxová have a son Tobias Fetterlein.

I've always loved the name Tobias, and the only experience I've had in meeting one was great too. Most people don't seem to like the nickname Toby though which I don't understand because I like that as well, it makes the name less formal and the people bearing it more approachable.

When I told my friend that if I ever had a baby boy I would name him Tobias, she started to laugh at me and said "That poor kid!" But I don't care, and will have to agree with most of the comments here; Tobias is a wonderful name, and the fact that not many people have it makes it even better. I think some good pet names would be Toby, Tobe, or Tobes.

Tobias Sammet, lead singer of Edguy and Avantasia bears this name.

It's funny; I used to think this was a really weird name, but now I adore it! It's so masculine, intelligent and amazing. Simply amazing. Any boy would be lucky to have this name. During his childhood, he could call himself Toby.

Toby Flood, a professional rugby player who plays for England, was born Tobias Gerald Flood.

Tobias "Toby" Kevin Michael McKeehan, known as "TobyMac," is a Christian musician, formerly of the group dc Talk.

I'm glad to hear so many people like this name because I do too!

Tobias Ragg was a fictional character in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim. He was the dimwitted young man who sang to advertise both a hair growth elixir, and then Mrs. Lovett's pies.

Tobias Smollett (19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a famous Scottish 18th-Century novelist, famous for writing such works as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748) and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751), which influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens.

I also think this is rather a lovely name, and Toby is a great nickname. :)

This is such a good name! It sounds so nice, has a wonderful meaning, and I like the nickname Toby.

I first came across this name in the Animorphs series and at the start, it felt quite an unusual name, but it's definitely grown on me since and now I find it's a really nice, strong and natural-feeling name. One of my favourites.

A side-effect though of first finding this name from Animorphs (as previously mentioned as the boy who's stuck as a falcon) I will always associate this name with flying.

I am in love with the name Tobias. I thought Tobias is such a great name; too bad it is not popular in Hungary. (I like popular names.) I would totally give it, and by now, I do not even care if Tobias is not popular in Hungary (yet?). :) It is such a cute name!

Tobias Harris is a professional American basketball player.

Tobias Vincent "Tobey" Maguire (b. 1975 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actor.