Tobias is a Greek form of the Hebrew name "Tobijah" from the Bible, meaning "Jehovah [God] is good". It is often used as a male given name in Germany, Scandinavia, the United States and among Jewish people. In countries that speak English it is often shortened to Toby. Other short forms are Tobi (English, Germany) and Tobbe (Sweden). It has also been a surname (last name).

Biblical
Several people are called Tobias in The Bible:
Tobias, son of Tobit; "Book of Tobias" is an older name for the Book of Tobit
Tobias the elder
Tobias, father of Hircanus
Tobiah (Ammonite)
Tobias, brother-in-law of Onias II, father of the Joseph who defeated Ptolemy III Euergetes.
Tobbe, son-in-law of Onias III, son of Onias II

As a given name

Tobias (Animorphs) (fictional character)
Tobias Abse (professor)
Tobias Abstreiter (hockey center)
Tobias Angerer (cross country skier)
Tobias Arlt (luger)
Tobias Bamberg (magician)
Tobias Barreto de Meneses (critic/poet)
Tobias Beecher (from Oz)
Tobias Beer (actor)
Tobias Bernstrup (modern artist)
Tobias Billström (politician)
Tobias Bjarneby (video game journalist)
Tobias Bogner (ski jumper)
Tobias Bonhoeffer (neurobiologist)
Tobias Bruns (artist)
Tobias S. Buckell (scifi author)
Tobias Büttner (football defender)
Tobias Carlsson (Kalmar FF footballer)
Tobías Zúñiga Castro (politician)
Tobias Cohn (17/18th century doctor)
Tobias Cole (countertenor)
Tobias Joaquim Dai (politician)
Tobias Dantzig (mathematician)
Tobias Delius (musician)
Tobias Dier (golfer)
Tobias Druitt (author, pseudonym)
Tobias Ellwood (politician)
Tobias Eng (musician)
Tobias Enhus (composer)
Tobias Enström (hockey defenceman)
Tobias Exxel (bass player from Edguy)
Tobias Fish (future megastar)
Tobias Forsberg (hockey winger)
Tobias Frere-Jones (type designer)
Tobias Fünke (Arrested Development)
Tobias Furneaux (Royal Navy officer)
Tobias Geffen (rabbi)
Tobias Geye (artist)
Tobias Gondrom (internet engineer)
Tobias Grahn (Gimnàstic de Tarragona midfielder)
Tobias Gregson (fictional character)

Tobias Grünenfelder
Tobias Hayek
Tobias Hecht
Tobías Hernández
Tobias Hill (poet/novelist)
Tobias Hoesl
Tobias Hogan
Tobias Holmberg
Tobias Holmqvist
Tobias Hume (composer & soldier)
Tobias Hysén (IFK Göteborg footballer)
Tobias Jesso
Detective Tobias Jones
Tobias Jones (writer) (author & journalist)
Tobias Kamke
Tobias Kassung
Tobias Krantz
Tobías Lasser
Tobias Lear V (personal secretary)
Tobias Levels
Tobias Lindemann
Tobias Linderoth (Galatasaray midfielder)
Tobias Lohner
Tobias Mabuta Munihango
Tobias Matthay (teacher & composer)
Tobias Matthew (archbishop of York)
Tobias Mayer (astronomer)
Tobias Mehler
Tobias Menzies (actor)
Tobias Michael Carel Asser (jurist)
Tobias Mikaelsson
Tobias Mikkelsen
Tobias Moretti (actor)
Tobias Mullen
Tobias Müller
Tobias Nath
Tobias Nickenig
Tobias Crawford Norris (politician)
Tobias Oetiker
Tobias Ohls
Tobias Picker (composer)

Tobias Pflüger (politician)
Tobias A. Plants
Tobias Pock
Tobias Ragg (from Sweeney Todd)
Tobias Rathgeb
Tobias Rau (Arminia Bielefeld defender)
Tobias Read
Tobias Regner (musician)
Tobias Rustat
Tobias Sammet (vocalist from Edguy)
Tobias Schellenberg (competitive diver)
Tobias Schenke
Tobias Schiegl
Tobias Schneebaum (artist & activist)
Tobias Schneider
Tobias Schönenberg (actor & photomodel)
Tobias Schweinsteiger
Tobias Simon
Tobias Sippel
Tobias Smollett (Scottish author)
Tobias Snape (father of Severus Snape)
Tobias Sologuren Sanchez
Tobias Steinhauser
Tobias Stephan (hockey goaltender)
Tobias Stimmer (painter & illustrator)
Tobias Summerer
Tobias Truvillion
Tobias Unger (athlete)
Tobias Verhaecht (draughtsman)
Tobias Verwey
Tobias Viklund
Tobias Weis
Tobias Wendl
Tobias Whale (fictional character)
Tobias Willi
Tobias Wolff (writer)

Middle name
Abraham Tobias Boas
Albert Tobias Clay
Ferdinand Tobias Richter
J. Tobias Anderson
Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor
Johann Tobias Beck
Johann Tobias Bürg (astronomer)
Johann Tobias Krebs (composer)
Johann Tobias Mayer

Derivative name
Tobey Maguire
Tobiah ben Eliezer

As a surname

Other uses
Tobias, Nebraska, a village in the U.S.
Tobias (bass guitar company)
Tobias and the Angel (Jonathan Dove), community opera

Given names