Tobias

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Tobias , short form Tobi, is a male given name , which can also appear as a family name .

Origin and meaning of the name

Hebrew → tobijjah " God is good", " Yahweh is good", " The Lord is my God", "The good one", "God is gracious", "God is good".

Tobias is the Greek form of the Hebrew name " Tuvijah ".

This name is derived from Tobias (son of Tobit) , from the " Book of Tobit ", an apocryphal or deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament . There Tobias is the pious son of a blind father. The archangel Raphael accompanies Tobias on his journey, takes care of him and helps him to heal his father from blindness .

distribution

The name Tobias was rarely used in Germany in the first half of the 20th century. Its popularity rose in the 1960s. In the 1980s and early 1990s, the name was often among the top ten most given boy names. Since then, its popularity has declined.

name day

  • March 3rd , Tobias Wasnack, canonized lay brother in Vienna's Franciscan monastery
  • September 13th , Tobias, figure from the "Book of Tobit"
  • November 2nd , Tobias, Martyr of Sebaste

Name bearer

Tobias as a first name

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  • Tobias Olfen (1597–1654), German politician and chronicler.

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Tobias as a family name

Tobias in famous works

Tobias in the film

Toby Kwimper, character from the film A Summer in Florida , played by Elvis Presley , based on the novel The Kwimpers by Richard P. Powell .

In the WDR puppet film Robbi, Tobbi and the Fliewatüüt based on the children's book by the Sylt author Boy Lornsen, Tobias Findeisen (called Tobbi) is the name of one of the main characters.

Animals

pronunciation

In Germany Tobias is pronounced [ toˈbiːas ], in Switzerland it is usually pronounced [ ˈtoːbiːas ]. The Swiss variant is based on the pronunciation of Thomas .

variants

Tobi, Toby (short form), Thobias, Tobie, Tobey, Tobit, Tobia , Tobiah, Tobiasz (Polish), Bias

Others

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics on popular first names
  2. ^ The Angel and Tobias with the Fish
  3. ↑ Landscape with Tobias and the Angel
  4. ↑ Archangel Raphael and little Tobias
  5. ↑ Tobias and the Archangel Raphael
  6. ^ The Archangel Leaving the Family of Tobias
  7. ↑ Tobias Returns Sight to His Father
  8. ↑ The angel disappearing in front of the Tobias family ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kettererkunst.de
  9. ↑ Tobias and the angel on the bank of the Tigris - the fish frightens Tobias
  10. ↑ De genezing van Tobit
  11. ↑ Tobias en Anna ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / home.tiscali.nl