i love tobias, but i don't like toby at all. so personally i wouldn't use it because if people called my kid toby i'd get irritated, but i love tobias itself.
I love it, and I actually quite like Toby as a nn. I also had a neighbour called Toby, might've been short for Tobias, and when he was little everyone called him Bee. I thought that was quite - suited him perfectly!
I can't look past Arrested Development long enough to come up with an actual opinion on it. I could only use it if the middle name was Fünke. Actually, I think it's just a name that's not my style. I can't really picture it on anybody but a middle-aged man. And I hate the nickname Toby, so...
This was going to be my comment. "Oh, Tobias, you blowhard!" I would never be able to take anyone called Tobias seriously (unless they were the world's second Analrapist, of course).
Tobias is number 3 of my top 3 name choices. I chose Joel for the middle name. And while I like the nn Toby, sadly, every time I hear it, I think "dogs name", so with the mn being Joel, I have the option of going with T.J. as a nick name.
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Date: 2008-09-24 11:55 am (UTC)I don't mind Tobias, it just struck a bit weird when I found out it's pronounced Toe-BY-as. In Italy we have Tobia, prn Toe-BEE-ah.
Other suggestions:
Tobias James
Tobias Matthew
Tobias Callum
Tobias Victor
Tobias Malcolm
Tobias Benedict
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Date: 2008-09-24 12:48 pm (UTC)I like the way it's pronounced in Dutch (TOE-bee-ahs), but not in English. For some reason the 'bias' part bugs me. It's a good name though.
Tobias Roman
Tobias Leo(n)
Tobias Emory
Tobias Everett
Tobias Ethan
Tobias Jonah/Judah
Tobias Guido
Tobias Franklin
Tobias Martin
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Date: 2008-09-24 02:30 pm (UTC)Tobias Andrew
Tobias James
Tobias Henry
Tobias Nathan
Tobias Oliver
Tobias Zachary
Tobias Edward
Tobias Ezra
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Date: 2008-09-24 11:54 pm (UTC)"Who wants a banger in the mouth?"
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