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Koby - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Koby

[ 2 syll. ko-by, kob-y ] The boy name Koby is pronounced KOWBiy KEY. Koby's language of origin is Hebrew and it is used largely in the English language. Koby is a pet form of Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian). See also the related form, Coby (English).

Koby is unusual as a baby boy name. Its usage peaked in 2001 with 0.020% of baby boys being given the name Koby. It had a ranking of #536 then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is of only very modest use today. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly linked to Koby, Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian) was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Koby include Kobi (Hungarian), Köbi (German), Coby (English), Kabil, Kashief (Arabic), Kasib (English), Kavi (Indian), Kippie (English), Kippy (English), Kiva (Hebrew), Kivi (Hebrew), Kobe (English), Kofi (Ewe, Fante, and Twi), Kuba (Czech and Polish), Kubo (Czech), Cappi, Kaseeb (English), Keb, Keefe (English), and Keeffe (English).

KEY: Pronunciation for Koby: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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