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Worldwide, Tobey (Tobey
, توبي
, טובי
) is quite a rare unisex forename. The forename Tobey is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare dominantly female, but uncommonly boy's name, and the United States, where it is a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the United States, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. Also, Tobey is the last name as well as the forename.
Tobey is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Toby Belch , the character in Twelfth Night; Toby , the fictional basset hound from Disney's The Great Mouse Detective; Toby , the character from Disney's Robin Hood; Toby Esterhase , the chraracter by John le Carré and Toby Flenderson , the fictional character on The Office (US), among other works.