Toby means penis in Scotland??

[higgidypiesarethebusiness]

Sorry, first timer posting on this topic but am(or maybe was!) strongly considering Toby for first son-to-be and have been reading the many Toby threads that seem to be around today! Certainly the name of the moment!

What puts me off more than anything is that it means penis in Scotland? have googled this and there are quite a few people who seem to confirm it!
I can't saddle a child with this name if it really is used in this way.
Do any other Scottish people confirm this?

Hmm yeh apparently a Corey is a penis too...

Any advance on Dundee?

Eh? Never heard that?! Another one who thinks it must be getting confused with 'boaby'

Dundee here too

I thought the poster had confused Toby with Boaby :o

I'm Scottish and have lived/worked/had friends all over yet never heard this.

Yes it means penis in Dundee!! And fife

Yep toby can be a penis, I always thought it was spelt toaby though. Also heard people using the word toab/tobe to describe a penis.

Never heard Toby or Boaby ever used in that way in my life and I am in Aberdeen.

Nope, not heard it. From Edinburgh, lived in Aberdeen, family from west coast.

What the what now?! Have never heard of that in my life! Suppose it sounds much nicer than the Glaswegian 'boaby' .

I hate the word boaby. Think too many daft boys used to use it all the bloody time at school. Boys and their boabies.

I'm in Perthshire and I have never heard this. Boaby, yes.

Yes 'boaby' is a hideous word generally used by hideous men.

'A'ri doll, dae ya want a wee shoogle of ma boaby'.

Squoosh, it's not often a post makes me laugh out loud but that did! I haven't a clue (North west of England) but what an entertaining thread!

'A wee shoogle of ma baoby'? Wtf?! Please tell me where in Scotland you are so I can avoid

Not sure why 'shoogle' offends me more than boaby but it just does! Yuk.

East Coast here, it means that where I live.

i think the people who have never heard of Toby being used as penis need to go and ask a man " can I see your Toby" and see what reaction they get.

I've also heard quite a few people using the word toabing which generally means shagging - as in "i Need a good toabing.

Boab or Boabby is generally a west coat saying, definitely not an East coast thing.

I'm from near Glasgow, never heard of Toby meaning penis, must be a pretty localised nickname.

I've lived in Ayrshire, Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh and never heard this!

Toby means penis where I'm from too (just outside Dundee) I always thought it was a Scottish nickname...obviously not tho from most comments

I'm Scottish and I have never heard that

Fwiw I like it as a name

Never heard this. Grew up in Glasgow, now live in Edinburgh. I know a Toby well and he's never mentioned it being an issue!

Aberdeenshire and I've never head this.

I've heard of Willie, Boaby and (once) Robbie (the Robbie one might have been trying to use a posh form of Boaby).

Looks like it's a Dundee and close surrounds thing then, so maybe one to be avoided in Tayside/Fife!

It appears in the Dictionary of the Scots Language here. I think the reference refers to Aberdeen and Angus, although having stayed in Aberdeen for the last 15 years I've never heard it (although there aren't many kids here called Toby either).

sqoosh!

That made me giggle.
On a serious note Boaby is quite a nice name....