Toby

Toby

Toby is a popular male name in many English speaking countries. It is also a popular name for Jewish women because of its similarity to the Hebrew name Tova. It is also a popular name for Yoruba women, however spelt Tobi.

The name is often used in its own right, but may also be a contraction of Tobias, Tobit, Tobin (an Irish surname - "in" Irish, "Toibin"), or Tobermory. In "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien "Toby" is used as a contraction of the hobbit name "Tobold", and "Old Toby" is used as a name for a type of tobacco. The only known Tobold outside of the Shire is Tobold M P Hemming in England/Australia

There are many characters in literature called Toby, including:
* Sir Toby Belch in "Twelfth Night" by Shakespeare
* Toby in "Transamerica"
* Uncle Toby in "Tristram Shandy" by Lawrence Sterne
* Toby the Tram Engine from "The Railway Series" books.
* Toby Philpot, a bibulous soldier from an 18th century song, after whom Toby jugs are named.
* Toby Tramp in "The Mummy" (1833) by William Bernard
* Toby Flenderson from the American version of The Office
* Toby Isaacs from ""
* Toby Ziegler from The West Wing
* Tobias (Toby) Beecher from Oz
*Toby Hamee in the "Animorphs" books by K. A. Applegate
*In The Sign of Four, Toby is the name of a partial bloodhound, who helps Sherlock Holmes track a query
*In the traditional British Punch and Judy puppet shows, the dog is called Toby.
* "Toby," a dialogue interlude from the Belle and Sebastian album "Storytelling"In the London slang recorded in the autobiographical novel "Down and Out in Paris and London" by George Orwell, "Toby" is used to mean a tramp. In Cockney rhyming slang, "toby (jug)" means "mug".

Toby was the name given to the slave Kunta Kinte, whose descendant the author Alex Haley wrote the novel "" about his roots in Africa, his ancestor's life in slavery, and the family's struggle for freedom in American society. Toby was often used as a name for slaves in the United States.


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  • Toby — ist vor allem im englischen Sprachraum ein überwiegend männlicher Vorname.[1] Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Herkunft und Bedeutung 2 Bekannte Namensträger 2.1 Vorname …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Toby — familiar form of masc. proper name TOBIAS (Cf. Tobias), in various colloquial usages, e.g. jug (1840), drinking mug in the form of a stout old man; as a type of collar (1882) it refers to that worn by the dog Toby in the 19c. Punch and Judy shows …   Etymology dictionary

  • Toby — [tō′bē] n. pl. Tobies [< Toby, dim. of TOBIAS] a jug or mug for ale or beer, shaped like a stout man with a three cornered hat: also Toby jug …   English World dictionary

  • Toby — To by, n.; pl. { bies}. [Perh. from the proper name.] A small jug, pitcher, or mug, generally used for ale, shaped somewhat like a stout man, with a cocked hat forming the brim. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Toby — m English: vernacular form of TOBIAS (SEE Tobias) …   First names dictionary

  • toby — ● toby nom masculin Poisson des récifs coralliens, à corps triangulaire aplati latéralement, vivement coloré et prolongé par d amples nageoires, recherché par les aquariophiles. (Genre Zanclus ; famille des acanthuridés.) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Toby Ng — Tobias „Toby“ Ng (* 11. März 1991) ist ein kanadischer Badmintonnationalspieler. Karriere Toby Ng gewann 2008 die Panamerikameisterschaft. 2009 und 2011 wurde er kanadischer Meister. 2010 siegte er bei den Santo Domingo Open, Peru International… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Toby — Recorded as Tobey, Toby, Toobey, Tooby and possible others, this is an English surname. It is derived from the male personal name Tobias, the Greek form of the Hebrew name Torya, meaning The Lord is Good . Tobias and its derivatives were… …   Surnames reference

  • toby — /toh bee/, n., pl. tobies. 1. Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three cornered hat. 2. Older Slang. a long, slender, cheap cigar. [1830 40; generic use of proper name, short for Tobias] * * * …   Universalium

  • toby — noun a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three cornered hat • Syn: ↑toby jug, ↑toby fillpot jug • Hypernyms: ↑mug …   Useful english dictionary

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