Toby

Toby \to-by, tob-y\ is a boy's name. It consists of 4 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Toby is sometimes used as a girl name meaning. Its pronunciation is as TOW-Biy- ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Toby: T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

What is the origin of Toby?

Toby is largely used in the English and Hebrew languages, and it is derived from Hebrew origins. The name Toby is a vernacular form of Tobias. The story of Tobias from the apocryphal Book of Tobit was highly romanticized in the medieval period, and in many paintings Tobias was featured with his pet dog; this led to the name Toby being associated with dogs. The association has since the 17th century been further promoted by the traditional English puppet show Punch and Judy, which has featured a popular bull terrier character named Toby in reference to the apocryphal tale. The name has also been made known by one of Shakespeare's finest comic characters Toby Belch in the play Twelfth Night (1601), and by the gentle Uncle Toby in the Laurence Sterne novel Tristram Shandy (1759). See Toby meaning of name for more info. Toby is an English and Hebrew short form of the name Tobias name popularity (English, German, and Scandinavian). Toby has 17 variants. Variants consist of Taube name popularity, short names for Taubey, what does the name Taubie mean, Thobey pronounciation, nicknames for Thobie, short names for Thoby, name Toba origin, what does the name Tobe mean, what does the name Tobee mean, meaning of Tobi, Tobiah name popularity, Tobye pronounciation, Tova name variations, Tovah name popularity, and Tove definition. The variant spellings Tobey meaning and Tobie name popularity (used in French and as well) are other English forms. Toby is a classic favorite. Currently it is still fairly popular as a baby name for boys, though to a lesser extent than it was in the past. The name's popularity rose from the 1930s up to the 1970s. Its usage peaked modestly in 1975 with 0.074% of baby boys being given the name Toby. Its ranking then was #190. The baby name has since fallen in popularity. In 2010, its usage was 0.018% and its ranking #670. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Toby, Tobias name popularity was the most regularly used. In 2010, it was 38% more commonly used than Toby. There were times from 1921 to 1945 that the name Toby was given more often to girls, however it is more popular as a baby boy name today. In 1975, baby boys named Toby outnumbered girls by 7 times.

A famous person named Toby is Country Singer, Toby Keith, born Toby Keith Covel, 1961, Clinton, Oklahoma.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Toby:

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The baby name Toby fun facts:

The name Toby in reverse order is "Ybot".

The numerological value of the name Toby is number 8, which means practical endeavors, status oriented, power-seeking, high-material goals.

How popular is Toby?

Toby is in the top names in USA.