Toby
Toby is a predominantly male first name and family name , especially in the English- speaking world .
Origin and meaning
Toby first appeared as a form of Tobias in the Middle Ages . As a female first name, he appeared in the 1930s and 1940s under the influence of the American actress Toby Wing .
Well-known namesake
First name
- Toby Alderweireld (* 1989), Belgian football player
- Toby Bailey (* 1975), American basketball player
- Toby Flood (born 1985), English rugby player
- Toby Gard (* 1972), English game developer
- Toby Genkel (* 1970), German film director
- Toby Gerhart (* 1987), American football player
- Toby Keith (* 1961), American country singer
- Toby Lewis (born 1989), British poker player
- Toby Martins (* 1953), German-speaking author
- Toby McKeehan (born 1964), American musician
- Toby E. Rodes (1919–2013), German communications expert and manager
- Toby Edward Rosenthal (1848–1917), American painter
- Toby Stephens (born 1969), British actor
- Toby Stevenson (* 1976), American athlete
- Toby Ziegler , British artist
family name
- Jackson Toby (* 1925), American sociologist and criminologist
- Jean Toby (1900–1964), French colonial administrator
- Ryan Toby (* 1978), American soul singer, songwriter and music producer
stage name
- Toby ( Tobias Thalhammer; * 1979), German-speaking pop singer and politician