Tobey
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god is good; a spelling variant of Tobias.
Tobey by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Tobey. In the US, 12 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 85 babies in 2003, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Tobias
Like Tobey, each of these traces back to Tobias: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- TobiasGod is good461 in England and Wales (2025)
- TobiahGod is good; a form of Tobias8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tabiasgod is good; a form of Tobias16 in the US (2017)
- Tobiegod is good; a spelling variant of Tobias12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Toviagod is good; a form of Tobias3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tobiaszgod is good; a form of Tobias6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tobyasgod is good; variant of Tobias5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tobey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- TobyGod is good; a form of Tobias600 in England and Wales (2025)
- Toneypraiseworthy; a form of Anthony8 in the US (2017)
- Tommytwin; a form of thomas1,160 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tobinson of tubile; descendant of the tubby one96 in the US (2017)
- Torreyrocky hill or knoll30 in the US (2017)
- Torenrocky hill or mountain; a form of Toran9 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean God
Like Tobey, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Tobey
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