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 [ 2 syll. to-by, tob-y ] The boy name Toby is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is TOWBiy KEY. Toby is largely used in the English language and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Toby is a short form of the name Tobias (English, German, and Scandinavian). Toby is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity rose from the 1930s up to the 1970s. Its usage peaked modestly in 1975 with 0.074% of baby boys being given the name Toby. Its ranking then was #190. The baby name has since fallen in popularity. In 2008, its usage was 0.020% and its ranking #579. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Toby, Tobias (English, German, and Scandinavian) was the most regularly used. In 2008, it was 13% more commonly used than Toby. There were times from 1921 to 1945 that the name Toby was given more often to girls, but it is more popular as a boy name today. In 1975, boys named Toby outnumbered girls by 7 times. Baby names that sound like Toby include Tobi (German), Tobie (French), Taavi (Finnish), Tabib, Tabo (Spanish), Taffy (Welsh), Tavi (Hebrew), Tavo (Spanish), Tayib, Teppo (Finnish), Teuvo (Finnish), Teva (Hebrew), Tevye (Yiddish), Thibault (French), Topi (Finnish), Tovi, Tupi, Tuvya (Hebrew), Tab (English), and Taff (Welsh). A famous person named Toby is Country Singer, Toby Keith, born Toby Keith Covel, 1961, Clinton, Oklahoma. KEY: Pronunciation for Toby: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
