Tobias

From the Greek form of the Hebrew name Toviyyah, meaning God is good. The name circulated through English parish registers following the Reformation, largely sustained by the narrative in the Book of Tobit. In the United States, it functioned as an infrequent, quietly biblical choice for over a century before climbing in the twenty-first.

The name reads as quiet, thoughtful, and mildly academic, as though it ought to come with leather elbow patches. The sound suggests centuries of dust, yet over half of all living bearers belong to Generation Alpha. It creates the mild surprise of an ancient moniker answering attendance in a modern fourth-grade classroom.