First names in Hebrew

First name Tovia: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

טוביה

Gematria value: 32

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Tovia is written טוביה

Another spelling of your name, טוביה in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Tovia mean?

Meaning: "God is good"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name is Hebrew: tov, "good", and a short form of the divine Name: "God is good", "the goodness of God". It is a boy's name worn in Jewish families, Ashkenazi and Sephardic alike; Greek made it Tobias, a form much loved in Germany and Scandinavia.

Gematria

Tovia = 32

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. טוביה has 5 letters:

• טthe letter Tet9
• וthe letter Vav6
• בthe letter Bet2
• יthe letter Yod10
• הthe letter He5
• Total32

The verse of the name

From the letter Tet to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Tovia, from ט to ה:

טָעֲמָה כִּי־טוֹב סַחְרָהּ לֹא־יִכְבֶּה בַלַּיְלָה נֵרָהּ׃

“She senses that her trade is good; her lamp does not go out at night.”

Proverbs 31:18

The book of your first name

Tovia, in nine pages

• Tovia, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Tovia
• Tovia, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Tovia in three answers

How do you write Tovia in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Tovia is written טוביה. Another spelling of your name, טוביה in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Tovia?
Written טוביה, Tovia is worth 32: the letter Tet (9) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5).

What does Tovia mean?
God is good (origin: Hebrew). Your name is Hebrew: tov, "good", and a short form of the divine Name: "God is good", "the goodness of God". It is a boy's name worn in Jewish families, Ashkenazi and Sephardic alike; Greek made it Tobias, a form much loved in Germany and Scandinavia.