Boy · Japanese
Kobe
Say it: KOH-bee
Meaning
From the Japanese city of Kobe, whose name is written with characters meaning 'god' and 'door'; Kobe Bryant was named after Kobe beef.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Rose in the US with Kobe Bryant's fame from the late 1990s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2020s
In the United States
- 18,764 babies given this name since 1989
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 1,100 boys
- 1,555 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Kobe Bryant, American basketball player
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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