Tobias#As a given name

Tobias is a male first name, which may also occur as a surname.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

Hebrew → tobijjah "God is good", " Yahweh is gracious ", " The Lord is my Good," " The Kind ", "God is gracious ", " God is goodness."

Tobias is the Greek form of the Hebrew name " Tobijah / Tobijahu ".

This name is derived from Tobias (son of Tobit ), from the " Book of Tobit ", an apocryphal or deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament. There, Tobias is the pious son of a blind father. The Archangel Raphael accompanies Tobias on his journey, takes care of him and helps him to cure his father of the blindness.

Dissemination

The name Tobias was in the first half of the 20th century in Germany seldom used. In the 1960s, then increased his popularity. In the 1980s and early 1990s, the name was often among the ten most- awarded boy name. Since then, his popularity has declined.

Name-day

Well-known bearers of the name

Tobias as a first name

  • Tobias (Rochester ) ( † 726 ), Bishop of Rochester
  • Tobias Abstreiter (* 1970), German ice hockey player
  • Tobias Albrecht (born 1966 ), better known as Rocko Schamoni, German musician, author, entertainer, actor and club owner
  • Tobias Angerer ( born 1977 ), German cross-country skiers
  • Tobias Asser (1838-1913), a Dutch Nobel Peace Prize
  • Tobias Barnerssoi (* 1969), German skiers
  • Tobias of Bechyně († 1296 ), bishop of Prague
  • Tobias Büscher (* 1964), German journalist and author
  • Tobias Feilner (1773-1839), producer of pottery
  • Tobias Furneaux (1735-1781), British circumnavigator
  • Tobias Grahn ( born 1980 ), Swedish national football team
  • Hans Tobias (* 1978), German politician ( CDU)
  • Tobias Herre (* 1969), German playwright reading, see Tube ( writer )
  • Tobias Hübner (1578-1636), German translator and literary theorist
  • Tobias Hysén ( b. 1982 ), Swedish national football team
  • Tobias Jaenicke (* 1989), German football player
  • Jugelt Tobias (* 1975), German chess player
  • Kuenzel Tobias (* 1964), German pop singer and composer
  • Tobias Linderoth ( born 1979 ), Swedish national football team
  • Tobias lens ( * 1979 ), German football goalkeeper
  • Tobias Vincent Maguire ( Tobey Maguire, born 1975 ), American actor
  • Tobias Mayer (1723-1762), German cartographer, geographer, mathematician, physicist and astronomer
  • Michael Tobias (1592-1657), German composer and choirmaster
  • Tobias Moretti ( born 1959 ), Austrian actor
  • Tobias Pflüger ( * 1965), German political scientist and peace researcher
  • Tobias Picker (born 1954 ), American composer
  • Tobias Preisig ( born 1981 ), Swiss jazz violinist
  • Tobias Regner ( * 1982 ), German rock singer
  • Tobias Schellenberg (born 1978 ), German diver
  • Tobias Schenke (* 1981), German actor
  • Tobias Schmidt, known as Tobi Tobsen, German rapper and music producer
  • Tobias Schoenberg (* 1986), German actor
  • Tobias Schröter ( figure skater ) (born 1964 ), German figure skater
  • Tobias Schröter ( handball player ) (* 1993), German handball player
  • Tobias Smollett (1721-1771), Scottish writer
  • Tobias tuner (1539-1584), the Swiss painter
  • Tobias Unger ( b. 1979 ), German sprinters
  • Tobias M. Walter (* 1984), German actor and reciter
  • Tobias Willi (* 1979), German football player
  • Tobias Wolff ( born 1945 ), American writer

Tobias as a surname

  • Andrew Tobias (* 1984), German actor
  • Realubin Antonio Tobias (* 1941), Bishop of Novaliches
  • Fritz Tobias (1912-2011), German author and Ministerial
  • George Tobias (1901-1980), American theater and film actor
  • Herbert Tobias (1924-1982), German photographer
  • Jesse Tobias (born 1972 ), American rock guitarist
  • John Tobias (born 1969 ), American video game designer
  • Tobias Leopold (1837-1894), German officer and politician
  • Natalija Tobias (* 1980), Ukrainian athlete
  • Oliver Tobias (* 1947), a Swiss film and theater actor
  • Pavel Tobiáš ( born 1955 ), Swedish football player and coach
  • Phillip Tobias (1925-2012), South African paleoanthropologist
  • Randall Tobias ( b. 1942 ), American government official, head of the Agency for International Development
  • Rudolf Tobias (1873-1918), Estonian composer and organist

Tobias in famous works

  • Francesco Botticini Painting: The Three Archangels and Tobias, created in 1470, exhibited in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence
  • Painting: The Angel and Tobias with the Fish, dating back to 1625, exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
  • Painting: Landscape with Tobias and the Angel, created in 1663, exhibited in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg
  • Tapisserienserie: Scenes from the Book of Tobias, emerged first half of 16th century, in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
  • Altar triptych of the Certosa of Pavia, right wing scene: Archangel Raphael and Tobias small, built around 1499
  • Painting: Tobias and the Archangel Raphael, made between 1429-1498, exhibited in the Pinakothek Turin
  • Painting: The Archangel Leaving the Family of Tobias, created in 1637, exhibited in the Louvre in Paris
  • Painting: Tobias Returns Sight to His Father, created in 1636, exhibited at the State Gallery Stuttgart
  • Etching: The Angel disappearing before the Family of Tobias, created in 1641, exhibited at the Kunsthalle Bremen
  • Pen and brush drawing: Tobias and the Angel on the banks of the Tigris - the fish frightened Tobias, dating back to 1650, exhibited in the Kongelige Kobberstiksamling Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen
  • Pen and brush drawing: De genezing van Tobit, created in 1640, exhibited in the Kongelige Kobberstiksamling Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen
  • Painting: Tobias en Anna, created in 1626
  • Work: Archangel Raphael and Tobias - homecoming and the Father Tobias healing, created between 1889-1976
  • Group of figures: The Archangel Raphael and the young Tobias, lime with monochrome version, created in 1516 in Nuremberg, issued in the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg
  • Painting: Tobias and the Angel

Tobias in film

Toby Kwimper, character from the film A Summer in Florida, played by Elvis Presley, who based The Kwimpers by Richard P. Powell on the novel.

In the WDR puppet film Robbi, Tobbi and Fliewatüüt after the children's book author of Sylt Boy Lornsen Tobias Findeisen (called Tobbi ) the name of one of the main characters.

Animals

  • Tobias, one of the last German pit horses
  • Tobias fish

Pronunciation

In Germany, Tobias [ tobi as ː ], usually pronounced in Switzerland [to ː bias ]. The Swiss variant is similar to the pronunciation of Thomas.

Variants

Tobi, Toby (short form), Thobias, Tobie, Tobey, Tobit, Tobiah, Tobias, Tobiasz ( Polish), bias

Female versions: Topsy

Others

  • Tobias acid, a chemical compound, which is used for the preparation of dyes and insecticides.
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