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Updated June 9, 2019

How Popular Is The Name Tobe

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : habitational name from a place in Thuringia called Toba.
  • Frisian and Dutch : from a pet form of a Germanic personal name (see Tabbert 2), or from a derivative of the Biblical name Tobias.
  • Japanese : variously written, usually with characters meaning ‘door’ or ‘earth’ for the first character and ‘department’ or ‘side’ for the second. None are common in Japan.

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