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[ 2 syll. ko-be, kob-e ] The baby boy name Kobe is pronounced KOWBiy- †.
Variants of Kobe include Coby, Jakobe (English), Ko, Kobee (English), Kobey (English), and Kobi.
In addition, Kobe is a variant of Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian) in the English and Japanese languages.
See also the related categories, swahili and japanese.
Kobe is a fairly popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1990s up to the 2000s; 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. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2018, its usage was 0.025% and its ranking #574. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Kobe, Jacob was the most popular. In 2018, its use outnumbered Kobe's by 25 times.
Baby names that sound like Kobe include Kobee, Kobey, Kobi, Koby, Cobi, Coby, Kaepo, Kafee, Kafey, Kaffi, Kafi, Kafie, Kafy, Kapo, Kappey, Kappi, Kappie, Kappy, Kaseab, and Kaseeb.
† English pronunciation for Kobe: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
A famous person named Kobe is Basketball Player Kobe Bryant, born 23 August 1978, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.