Any other Tobias' out there?

Question

Or am I the only one..

(I'm really bored, by the way.)

Answer 1

I know a man with the name Tobias, but everyone shortens it to Toby or Tobes and I hate the short version, Tobias is far nicer. I found this for you,

Tobias

Biblical: Greek form of Hebrew Tobiah “God is good”. This name is borne by several characters in the Bible (appearing in the Authorized Version also as Tobijah), but in the Middle Ages it was principally associated with the tale of “Tobias and the Angel”. According to the Book of Tobit in the Apocrypha, Tobias, the son of Tobit, a rich and righteous Jew of Nineveh, was lucky enough to acquire the services of the archangel Raphael as a travelling companion on a journey to Ecbatana. He returned wealthy, married, and with a cure for his father's blindness. A historical St Tobias was martyred (c.315) at Sebaste in Armenia, together with Carterius, Styriacus, Eudoxius, Agapius, and five others. Cognates: Jewish: Tuvia (Hebrew); Tevye, Teive (Yiddish).

hope this helps.

Answer 2

Tobias Wolff.  Author of "This Boy's Life" which was made into a movie.  Is an excellent autobiographical movie about the author's life in his teenage years.  The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Tobias and other stars such as Ellen Barkin and Robert Deniro.  It is a tale about how the author, a lazy, slack of a teenager, comes into his own and goes on to become a professor at Stanford University.  I highly recommend you see the movie.

Answer 3

Couple of people named Tobias out there:

Tobias Asser--Dutch lawyer and educator

Tobias Lear--American statesman

Tobias Matthay--British pianist

Tobias Smollett -- great Scottish writer of 18th c.

It's a cool name.