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Kobe.

Name formation documented in dictionary sources

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Language / origin
Origin not established
Gender context
Boy
Letters
4
Words
1
Syllables / divisions
2
First letter
K
Evidence layers
2

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT

The story behind Kobe

Kobe is recorded as a male given name in Cebuano. Its individual lexical definition is supplied below. The entry’s language identifies where this name sense is documented, without establishing an ultimate etymological origin. The etymology identifies the namesake or association as Kobe Bryant.

Pronunciation & syllables

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Cebuano

Ko · be2 source divisions

Dictionary reading & contributors ↗

English

  • /ˈkəʊˌbiː/UK
  • /ˈkəʊˌbeɪ/UK
  • /ˈkoʊˌbi/US
  • /ˈkoʊˌbeɪ/US
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗

Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0

Origin and name formation

Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.

Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads

People with the name Kobe

Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.

The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).

Use in Philippine-linked records

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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim

Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Kobe Paras

PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS

Kobe in the birth records

Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.

No exact-spelling count for Kobe appears in the PSA top-ten tables included here. This does not mean zero births or prove that the name is rare.

Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →

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What rhymes with Kobe?

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  1. Wikidata given-name item Q21055584 — Kobe (opens in a new tab)

    Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.

  2. Wikidata — Kobe Paras (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q21055584 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.

  3. Wiktionary contributors — Kobe (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.

  4. Wiktionary contributors — Kobe (English) (opens in a new tab)

    Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.