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 [ 2 syll. ko-be, kob-e ] The boy name Kobe is pronounced KOWBey KEY. 1: Kobe's origin is African-Swahili, and its use, English. Derived literally from the element kobe which is of the meaning 'tortoise'. 2: Kobe is used chiefly in the Japanese language and its origin is also Japanese. From the element 'kobe'. The first name is derived from the name of the city of Kobe in Japan, noted for its quality Kobe beef. The name is well-known from the basketball player Kobe Bryant (1978-), whose name was inspired by the culinary dish. Kobe is a fairly popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1990s; before that, it was of infrequent use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2001, 0.075% of baby boys were given the name Kobe. Its ranking then was #222. In 2008, its usage was 0.034% and its ranking #403, and it was the most widely used within all boy names in its group. Baby names that sound like Kobe include Kabil, Kashief (Arabic), Kasib (English), Kavi (Indian), Kippie (English), Kippy (English), Kiva (Hebrew), Kivi (Hebrew), Kobi (Hungarian), Koby (English), Kofi (Ewe, Fante, and Twi), Köbi (German), Kuba (Czech and Polish), Kubo (Czech), Cappi, Coby (English), Kaseeb (English), Keb, Keefe (English), and Keeffe (English). A famous person named Kobe is Basketball Player Kobe Bryant, born 23 August 1978, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. KEY: English pronunciation for Kobe: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"   |
