Tobias

Tobias is the romanization into Latin letters of the Koine Greek name , which itself is a Hellenization of the Biblical Hebrew name . It is the name of several minor Biblical figures as well as a major character in the Book of Tobit. Tobias is a common male given name in English-speaking, German-speaking, Dutch-speaking, and Scandinavian-language regions.

In English-speaking regions, it is often shortened to Toby or Tobey. In German, this name appears as Tobias or Tobi; in French as Tobie; and in Swedish as Tobias or Tobbe.

In various languages

People known by the mononym

People called Tobias, Tobiah, or Tobijah include:

• Tobias, son of Tobit, a Jewish man in the Book of Tobit who goes on a miraculous journey
• Tobit, the father of Tobias; sometimes translated as "Tobias" himself in older sources such as the Vulgate and Douay–Rheims Bible
• Tobiah (Ammonite), an Ammonite official and opponent of Nehemiah in the Book of Nehemiah
• Tobiads, a Jewish faction active in Second Temple Period Judaism, notably during the Ptolemaic, Seleucid, and Maccabean eras; they claimed descent from a patriarch named Tobias
• Tobias, a legendary 3rd-century Christian martyr among Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Nictopolion and companions
• Tobias of Jerusalem, a 2nd-century bishop of Jerusalem
• Tobias (bishop of Rochester) (died 726), an English bishop
• Tobijah, two persons mentioned in the Bible: a Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat (); and a Jew traveling from Babylon to Jerusalem with precious metal for Zerubbabel ().

People with given name

• Tobias (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2024), Brazilian footballer
• Tobias Abse (born 1956 or 1957), British historian
• Tobias Abstreiter (born 1970), German ice hockey center
• Tobias Angerer (born 1977), German cross country skier
• Tobias Arlt (born 1987), German luger
• Tobias Bamberg (1875–1963), Dutch magician
• Tobias Barreto (1839–1889), Brazilian poet and philosopher
• Tobias Beer (born 1976), English actor
• Tobias Bernstrup (born 1970), Swedish contemporary artist
• Tobias Billström (born 1973), Swedish politician
• Tobias Bjarneby (born 1974), Swedish video game journalist
• Tobias de Boer (1930–2016), Dutch scientist
• Tobias Bogner (born 1990), German ski jumper
• Tobias Bonhoeffer (born 1960), German-American neurobiologist
• Tobias Bridge (), English soldier and officer
• Tobias S. Buckell (born 1979), Grenadian-American science fiction author
• Tobias Capwell (born ), American military historian
• Tobias Carlsson (footballer, born 1975), Swedish footballer defender
• Tobias Carlsson (footballer, born 1995), Swedish footballer defender
• Tobías Zúñiga Castro (1854–1918), Costa Rican politician
• Tobias Cohn (1652–1729), Polish physician
• Tobias Cole (born 1971), Australian opera singer and countertenor
• Tobias Cremer (born 1992), German politician
• Tobias Joaquim Dai (born 1950), Mozambican politician
• Tobias Dantzig (1884–1956), Russian-American mathematician
• Tobias Delius (born 1964), British-German musician and saxophonist
• Tobias Dier (born 1976), German golfer
• Tobias Dorzon (born 1984), American chef
• Tobias Druitt, pseudonym of the authors Diane Purkiss and Michael Dowling
• Tobiah ben Eliezer (), poet and Talmud commentator
• Tobias Ebenberger (born 1990), German politician
• Tobias Ellwood (born 1966), British politician and soldier
• Tobias Enhus, Swedish composer
• Tobias Enström (born 1984), Swedish hockey defenceman
• Tobias Exxel (born 1973), German bass player for the band Edguy
• Tobias Forge (born 1981), Swedish musician in the band Ghost
• Tobias Forsberg (born 1988), Swedish hockey player winger
• Tobias Frere-Jones (born 1970), American type designer
• Tobias Furneaux (1735–1781), British Royal Navy officer
• Tobias Geffen (1870–1970), American rabbi
• Tobias Gentleman (), English mariner and writer
• Tobias Grahn (born 1980), Swedish footballer midfielder
• Tobias Grünenfelder (born 1977), Swiss alpine skier
• Tobias Harris (born 1992), American NBA basketball player
• Tobias Hecht (born 1964), American anthropologist, ethnographer, and translator
• Tobías Hernández (born 1958), Venezuelan MLB baseball player and catcher
• Tobias Hill (1970–2023), British poet and novelist
• Tobias Hoesl (born 1961), German television actor
• Tobias Holmberg (born 1987), Swedish Bandy player
• Tobias Holmqvist (born 1988), Swedish footballer and striker
• Tobias Hume ( – 1645), Scottish composer & soldier
• Tobias Hysén (born 1982), Swedish footballer forward
• Tobias Jensen (born 2004), Danish basketballer
• Tobias Jesso Jr. (born 1985), Canadian musician
• Tobias Jones (writer), British author and journalist
• Tobias Jonsson (born 1996), Swedish Paralympic athlete
• Tobias Jørgensen (born 2000), Danish Paralympic equestrian
• Tobias Kamke (born 1986), German tennis player
• Tobias Karkulowski (born 2004), Finnish footballer and defender
• Tobias Karlsson (songwriter), Swedish record producer
• Tobias Kassung (born 1977), German classical guitarist and composer
• Tobias Krantz (born 1971), Swedish politician
• Tobías Lasser (1911–2006), Venezuelan botanist
• Tobias Lear V (1762–1816), American secretary
• Tobias Levels (born 1986), German-Dutch footballer
• Tobias Lindemann (born 1966), German architect, designer and media entrepreneur
• Tobias Linderoth (born 1979), Swedish football midfielder and manager
• Tobias Lohner (1619-1697), Austrian Jesuit theologian
• Tobias Mabuta Munihango (born 1983), Namibian amateur boxer
• Tobias "Tobey" Maguire (born 1975), American actor and film producer
• Tobias Matthay (1858–1945), English pianist and composer
• Tobias Matthew (1546–1628), English Anglican archbishop of York
• Tobias Mayer (1723–1762), German astronomer
• Tobias Mealey (1823–1904), American early settler of Minnesota
• Tobias Mehler (born 1976), Canadian actor
• Tobias Menzies (born 1974), English actor
• Tobias Michael Carel Asser (1838–1913), Dutch lawyer and legal scholar
• Tobias Mikaelsson (born 1988), Swedish football player
• Tobias Mikkelsen (born 1986), Danish football player
• Tobias Moretti (born 1959), Austrian actor
• Tobias Mullen (1818-1900), Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Erie
• Tobias Müller (disambiguation)
• Tobias Nath (born 1979), German television actor
• Tobias Nickenig (born 1984), German footballer
• Tobias Nicklas (born 1967), German scholar of religion
• Tobias Norris (1861–1936), Canadian politician
• Tobias Picker (born 1954), American composer and pianist
• Tobias Pflüger (born 1965), German politician
• Tobias A. Plants (1811–1887), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• Tobias Pock (1609-1683), Austrian Baroque painter
• Tobias Pullen (1648–1713), Irish bishop
• Tobias Rahim (born 1989), Danish singer and poet
• Tobias Rathgeb (born 1982), German football midfielder
• Tobias Rau (born 1981), German footballer left back
• Tobias Read (born 1975), American politician and member of the Oregon House of Representatives
• Tobias Regner (born 1982), German singer and guitarist
• Tobias Reinhardt (born 1971), German classical scholar
• Tobias Rustat (-1694), English courtier to Charles II
• Tobias Sammet (born 1977), German musician and vocalist of Edguy
• Tobias Schanfarber (1862–1942), American rabbi
• Tobias Schellenberg (born 1978), German diver
• Tobias Schenke (born 1981), German actor
• Tobias Schiegl (born 1973), Austrian luger
• Tobias Schneebaum (1922–2005), American artist and activist
• Tobias Schneider (born 1981), German speedskater
• Tobias Schönenberg (born 1986), German actor and film director
• Tobias Schweinsteiger (born 1982), German footballer forward
• Tobias Simon (1929–1982), Canadian-American civil rights lawyer
• Tobias Sippel (born 1988), German footballer goalkeeper
• Tobias Sjokvist (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey player
• Tobias Smith (born 2003), known by the screenname Tubbo, an English Minecraft streamer
• Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), Scottish author and surgeon
• Tobias Steinhauser (born 1972), German cyclist
• Tobias Sten (born 2003), Norwegian country singer and songwriter
• Tobias Stephan (born 1984), Swiss hockey goaltender
• Tobias Stimmer (1539–1584), Swiss painter and illustrator
• Tobias Summerer (born 1983), German tennis player
• Tobias Tal (1847–1898), Dutch rabbi
• Tobias Tornkvist (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player
• Tobias Truvillion (born 1975), American actor and model
• Tobias Unger (born 1979), German track-and-field athlete
• Tobias Verhaecht (1561–1631), draughtsman from Antwerp
• Tobias Verwey (born 1981), Namibian cricketer
• Tobias Viklund (born 1986), Swedish ice hockey defenceman
• Tobias Weis (born 1985), German footballer
• Tobias Wendl (born 1987), German luger
• Tobias Whitaker (), English physician
• Tobias Willi (born 1979), German football player
• Tobias Wilner (born 1976), Danish musician and composer
• Tobias Wolff (born 1945), American writer

Fictional characters with the given name

• Tobias Beckett, a criminal in the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story and mentor to Han Solo
• Tobias Beecher, a prisonor from the 1997 TV series Oz
• Tobias Fornell, an FBI special agent on the CBS show NCIS
• Tobias Fünke, a character on the 2003 sitcom Arrested Development
• Tobias Gregson, a Scotland Yard inspector in a number of the "Sherlock Holmes" novels
• Tobias Jones, a detective from the Driver video games
• Tobias Snape, father of Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series
• Tobias Eaton, the protagonist in the Divergent series of novels by Veronica Roth
• Tobias Wilson, character on The Amazing World of Gumball
• Tobias Zachary Ziegler, character on The West Wing
• Tobias Tenma, protagonist of the movie Astro Boy
• Tobias Ragg, an apprentice barber in the musical Sweeney Todd
• Tobias Rieper, a false name used by Agent 47 in the video game Hitman
• Tobias Vaughn, an antagonist in the 1968 Doctor Who serial The Invasion
• Tobias Whale, a criminal kingpin and villain in DC comics
• Jeff Tobias Winger, a character on the 2009 sitcom Community
• Tobias Zachary Ziegler, the White House Communications Director in the TV drama The West Wing
• Tobias, a character on the AMC drama Fear The Walking Dead
• Tobias, a character on the CBS daytime drama series The Young and the Restless
• Tobias, a minor character played by Gabriel Iglesias in Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL
• Tobias, a character in the book series Animorphs and the Animorphs TV series
• Tobias, a character in the video game '