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View Name: Toby


TOBY
GENDER: Masculine & Feminine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: TO-bee   [key]
Meaning & History
Medieval form of TOBIAS. It was sometimes used as a feminine name in the 1930s and 40s due to the influence of American actress Toby Wing (1915-2001).
Related Names
OTHER LANGUAGES: Tobiah, Tobias (Biblical), Tobias (Biblical Greek), Toviyyah (Biblical Hebrew), Tobias (Biblical Latin), Topias, Topi (Finnish), Tobias (German), Tovia, Tuvya (Hebrew), Tobiasz (Polish), Tobias (Scandinavian), Tevye (Yiddish)
Popularity
United States  ranked #769 
England/Wales  ranked #54 
Australia (NSW)  ranked #62 
Netherlands  ranked #427 



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