Gender Masculine
Scripts טבֿיה(Yiddish)

Meaning & History

Yiddish form of Tobiah. This is the name of the central character in stories written by the Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem in the late 19th century, as well as the later musical adaptation Fiddler on the Roof (1964).

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesTobiah, Tobias(Biblical) Tobias(Biblical Greek) Toviyyah(Biblical Hebrew) Tobia(Biblical Italian) Tobias(Biblical Latin) Tobiáš(Czech) Tobias(Danish) Tobias, Toby(English) Topias, Topi(Finnish) Tobias(German) Tovia, Tuvya(Hebrew) Tobia(Italian) Tobias(Norwegian) Tobiasz(Polish) Tobias(Swedish)

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Entry updated November 16, 2019