Name: Toby
Gender: Male
Usage: Toby, of hebrew origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Toby are in general originating from Israel, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Toby across the world, see Tobias.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Toby is: God is good, The lord is good.
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Numerology of the first name Toby: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Toby is ranked on the 1,008th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 525400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.008% of the population. The name Toby has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Toby for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Toby is a popular male name in many English speaking countries. The name is from the Middle English vernacular form of Tobias. Tobias itself is the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew Toviah, which translates to Good is Yahweh. Yahweh is the name of the Jewish national god. Tobit is also an alternate form of Tobias.
It is also used as a contraction of Tobin, an Irish surname now also used as a forename.
Tobermory (Scottish Gaelic: Tobar Mhoire) means "Mary's well".
English: vernacular form of Tobias.
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