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Toby

vampirinavampirina member
edited June 2016 in Baby Names
This is really just for fun since we already have names for baby #1 and I'm currently still making him or her, but DH and I have had fun thinking about a name for baby #2! 

I love the name Toby - it has a bit of a family connection and I wanted your thoughts on it. 

Toby is 

Toby 100 votes

a boy name for sure.
82% 82 votes
a girl name.
0% 0 votes
totally unisex.
0% 0 votes
a name I could see as a unisex name, but it's kind of a stretch for a girl.
4% 4 votes
a horrible name. Don't do it. Just don't. Try again!
14% 14 votes
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Re: Toby

  • BringmemylongswordhoBringmemylongswordho member
    I think Toby makes a great nickname,  but not a good full name. 
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  • vampirinavampirina member
    @bringmemylongwordho - what would you suggest for a full name? I hate Tobias (if it were a boy, obvs). 
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  • CaboBride2015CaboBride2015 member
    Boy name... or a pet name (I know a couple of dogs named Toby) but seriously, dont do it at all.
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  • BringmemylongswordhoBringmemylongswordho member
    PoodleDoodleOoo said:
    @bringmemylongwordho - what would you suggest for a full name? I hate Tobias (if it were a boy, obvs). 
    Tobias is the obvious one. And I imagine most would assume it was short for Tobias. 

    There really isn't a full version for a feminine name, it looks like it was popular as a given name in the 30s 40s, because of an actress named Toby Wing (she was born Martha Virginia Wing)

    If it's a family name I'd use it as a middle. 
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  • oneblessedmessoneblessedmess member
    Definitely a boy name, but I think it's fine as a stand alone name. If I met a guy who said his name was Toby I wouldn't automatically assume it was short for Tobias.

    I will say, whenever I hear the name Toby I automatically get the urge to say "My name is Kunta Kinte!" But I don't know how many people would get the reference.
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  • kmvisiolikmvisioli member
    I like it, either as a nn for Tobias or Tobit, or just as a stand alone name. Feels solid and classic. Also makes me think of Tobey Maguire from the Spiderman movies. 
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  • KyleeWallerKyleeWaller member
    Toby sounds more like a nickname than a stand alone name to me, but if I met a guy who told me his name was Toby I wouldn't side eye. 
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  • fghmama6701fghmama6701 member
    edited June 2016
    Toby is NMS but definitely boy.

    On a side note, reminds me of a horror flick where a child has an imaginary friend named Toby... I'm a horror buff so I should remember which but I don't. Maybe Hide and Seek?

    ETA: It's Paranormal Activity. Duh.
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  • bbiutmcphbbiutmcph member
    I prefer it as a nn but wouldn't side eye it aa a given. But male only 


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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
    I'm a lady and my middle name is Tobey, after my grandmother who had a middle name of Tobey, after another relative I never met, etc.

    If you like it go for it - just middle name it.  I would have NOT liked it if my parents had given it to me as a first name.
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