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Tobias?

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 23/04/2010 12:48

If we have a boy we are thinking about calling him Tobias - we narrowed this down from loads of names and both really like it. However, am ultra paranoid about giving DC a "weird" name which will result in bullying in school, and ridicule in later life. (Tobias will be "sunday" name, I imagine he'll actually get called Toby)

What do you think and reasons?

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fuzzybunny · 23/04/2010 13:34

I like Tobias and Toby.
It's not a weird name at all, it's just not Jake Jack Charlie Alfie or the rest of the top 10 at the moment, which imo is a good thing.

beanlet · 23/04/2010 13:26

Love it. Tobias for formal, Toby for short. Both great, and great for him to have the option too.

youremindmeofthebabe · 23/04/2010 13:19

I like. Both versions.

debaronz · 23/04/2010 13:14

Prefer Toby to Tobias. I don't think the "ias" adds anything.

Ffrecklefface · 23/04/2010 13:13

I really like it, and think it is nice to have a name that is a little unusual.

MiniMilk0610 · 23/04/2010 13:06

We called our DS (now 4 months old) Tobias, so I love it although in reality he's only ever really been called Toby so far but Tobias is on birth certificate.
Only know one other Toby at the moment, a little boy at DD's pre-school, so don't think it's overly popular at the moment...although I thought that about DD's name when we chose it too & it's turned out to be super popular!
Only thing I would say if you're likely to have a big baby - DS was 11lbs 3oz when he was born and we have had a few jokey "Tubby Toby" comments already!! But then I think people can come up with nicknames for pretty much every name so not a lot you can do about it.

muddleduck · 23/04/2010 13:05

I love it

(and I have two boys with very very conventional names!)

zozzle · 23/04/2010 13:02

Its lovely.

pop1973 · 23/04/2010 12:56

I like Tobias and would have liked to call my child that. It is a lovely name - Toby for short and not that popular. The only Toby I knew was a pupil and a lovely well manner child - so that name kind of stuck with me and its a little unusual. Good choice.

We had to opt for a Welsh name this time due to my dh family. But I was 'edging on that name.

porcupine11 · 23/04/2010 12:56

Is it your first? My shortlist for DS1 was all weird and wonderful names, but we opted for a mainstream name in the end and so glad I did after a year of watching parents in baby groups wince as they introduced 'Octavius' or 'Thyme' (both boys - girls can get away with weirder names). Toby is lovely though - just go for that?

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