Biblical Hebrew origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “Yahweh is good”
Vernacular form of biblical (apocryphal) Tobias, from Ancient Greek Τωβίας (Tōbías), from Biblical Hebrew טוֹבִיה (Toḇiyah, literally “Yahweh is good”).
Sources for this account (5)
- Wiktionary: TopiasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: TopiasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- French Wiktionary: TopiasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Polish Wiktionary: TopiasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Russian Wiktionary: TopiasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

