"Variant of Toviah"
The name Tovia is commonly a male name from the "Hebrew" origin.
Tovia is a transliteration variant of the Hebrew name Toviah, also written Tuvya or Toviya. The name is built from the Hebrew elements tov, meaning good, and Yah, a short form of the divine name. English Bibles render the same Hebrew name as Tobiah, and the Greek form behind the English name Tobias is Tobias.
The pronunciation of Tovia is TOH-vee-uh.
