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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), Tobias (Danish), Topias, Topi (Finnish), Tobias (German), Tovia, Tuvya (Hebrew), Tobias (Norwegian), Tobiasz (Polish), Tobias (Swedish), Tevye (Yiddish)
Popularity
United States  ranked #769 
England/Wales  ranked #54 
Australia (NSW)  ranked #62 
Netherlands  ranked #427 



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