Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Tobias m. Greek Τοβίας from Hebrew טוביה 'the goodness of God'.

The titular character in the apocryphal Book of Tobit. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Thobie, Tobie.

Czech Republic
Latin
1295 Thobias (nom) RTT-1.1 V; 1315 Thobia (dat) ibid. VIII; 1353 Thobie (dat) chlumecky 131; 1372 Tobias (nom) LDFPUP1 p. 28
England
Dutch
1571 Tobias AuFr Pietersen; 1572 Tobias ibid. Bie; 1573 Tobias ibid. Bije, Topias ibid. Spurckels; 1574 Tobias ibid. Vos; 1576 Tobias ibid. Gheeraerts; 1577 Tobias ibid. Capelle; 1578 Tobias ibid. Dregge; 1579 Tobias ibid. Bolten; 1580 Tobias ibid. Jansen; 1582 Tobias ibid. Samijns; 1584 Tobias ibid. Lake; 1585 Tobias ibid. Dhamer; 1586 Tobias ibid. Burdts; 1587 Tobias ibid. Jems; 1589 Tobias ibid. Lammens; 1590 Tobias ibid. Bedler; 1591 Tobias ibid. Abeele; 1592 Tobias ibid. Abeele; 1593 Tobias ibid. Bethburrie; 1594 Tobias ibid. Abeele; 1595 Tobias ibid. Baert; 1596 Tobias ibid. Abeele; 1599 Tobias ibid. Abeele
Early Modern English
1580 Toby RegBath p. 4; 1581 Toby ibid. p. 5; 1581/2 Toby ibid. p. 5; 1583/4 Toby SurMus p. 23
Walloon
1594 Tobie RWC p. 34; 1595 Tobie ibid. p. 38; 1596 Tobie ibid. p. 41; 1598/9 Tobie ibid. p. 51; 1599 Thobie ibid. p. 53
Italy
Latin
1326 Tobia (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 437; 1327 Tobia (abl) ibid. no. 449; 1376 Thobia (abl) DouGen1 p. 98
Switzerland
Latin
1519 Tobie (gen) MHCG2 292
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Tobias". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Tobias.