Tovia
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god is good; a form of Tobias.
Tovia by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Tovia. In the US, 8 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 13 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Tobias
Like Tovia, 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.
- TobyGod is good; a form of Tobias600 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)
- Tobeygod is good; a spelling variant of Tobias4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tobiegod is good; a spelling variant of Tobias12 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 Tovia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Toniapriceless, worthy; a form of Antonia9 in the US (2017)
- Tuviagod is my goodness7 in the US (2017)
- Tovin5 in the US (2017)
- TobiasGod is good461 in England and Wales (2025)
- Torinstern; thunder; a form of Torsten36 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tobinson of tubile; descendant of the tubby one96 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Tovia, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Tovia
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