Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
TuviaIn Hebrew: טוביה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: טוֹבִיָּהRomanization: toviyá
Tuvia (Hebrew: טוביה) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 1,929 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 44 boys and ranked #312. Its peak year was 2023, with 58 babies.
- People in Israel
- 1,929
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 44
- rank #312
- Peak year
- 2023
- 58 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Tuvia
In Hebrew letters the name is טוביה, read right to left. Tuvia is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "toviyá" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, equivalent to English Tobias
- Book of Tobit
From טוֹב (tóv, “good”) + יה (yah, “YHVH”), literally meaning “God is good”.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Tuvia by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Tuvia
How do you write Tuvia in Hebrew?
Tuvia is written טוביה in Hebrew (with vowel points: טוֹבִיָּה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "toviyá".
How many people in Israel are named Tuvia?
1,929 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name טוביה: 23 women and 1,906 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Tuvia a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 98.8% of the people named טוביה are men.
What does the name Tuvia mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, equivalent to English Tobias" Etymology: From טוֹב (tóv, “good”) + יה (yah, “YHVH”), literally meaning “God is good”.
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.