Toby is a ♀ girl’s name and a ♂ boy’s name. Toby thus belongs to the gender-neutral unisex names.
Toby is a short variant of the name Tobias, which is a Greek form of the Hebrew “Tuvijah(u)”. It is also common as a girl’s name (especially in the 1930s and 40s).
Toby means “Yahweh is good” (from Hebrew “tov” = good + “Yahweh” = referring to the Hebrew God).
Based on the frequency of positive ratings, we can analyze how popular names are in different countries. The name Toby is currently ranked #1670 on the name leaderboard.
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2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |
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🇦🇹 Austria | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
🇬🇧 Great Britain | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
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