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Tobe - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Tobe

[ 1 syll. to-be, tob-e ] The boy name Tobe is pronounced TOWB KEY. Tobe is of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly in English. Tobe is a pet form of the English, German, and Scandinavian Tobias.

Tobe is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked in 1903 with 0.009% of baby boys being named Tobe. It ranked at #731 then. The baby name has since experienced a drop in frequency, and is used only on a very modest scale today. Among the group of boy names directly related to Tobe, the English, German, and Scandinavian Tobias was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Tobe include the English Tab, the Welsh Taff, the Spanish Teb, the Yiddish Teive, the name Topwe, the Finnish Taavi, the name Tabib, the Spanish Tabo, the Welsh Taffy, the Hebrew Tavi, the Spanish Tavo, the name Tayib, the Finnish Teppo, the Finnish Teuvo, the Hebrew Teva, the Yiddish Tevye, the French Thibault, the German Tobi, the French Tobie, and the English Toby.

KEY: Pronunciation for Tobe: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)"


 
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