Kobe
Meaning of Kobe
Kobe is a globe-trotter of a name, sailing in from the misty Japanese port city of Kōbe—famed for its melt-in-the-mouth beef—while also wearing the Hebrew badge of “supplanter,” a cousin to Jacob. On American shores it dribbled into public earshot in the mid-1990s, then, like a comet streaking over a baloncesto court, blazed upward on the backboard-shattering feats of NBA legend Kobe Bryant; the charts tell the tale, leaping from scarcely a dozen newborns in 1995 to well over a thousand by 2001. Pronounced KOH-bee in English or koh-BEH in Japanese, the two syllables feel as quick and clean as a no-look pass, yet they leave room for tenderness—perfect for a little boy whose future might swing between artist and athlete. Carrying echoes of Pacific harbors, hardwood heroics, and ancient scripture, Kobe is a name that marries East and West with the spice of possibility, inviting parents to raise a child who moves through life like a warm breeze over the Río Grande: spirited, memorable, and impossible to ignore.
Pronunciation
American English
- Pronunced as KOH-bee (/'koʊbi/)
Japanese
- Pronunced as koh-BEH (/koʊˈbeɪ/)
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Notable People Named Kobe
| Kobe Bryant was a legendary Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard who spent 20 seasons in the NBA, won five championships, and earned 18 All-Star selections. |
| Kobe Paras is a Filipino professional basketball small forward who last played for Altiri Chiba in Japan's B2 League and has represented the Philippines on the national and 3x3 teams. |
| Kobe Shoji was an American sugar cane industry executive, a 442nd Infantry Regiment veteran, and an accomplished athlete. |
| Kobe Andre Hernandez-Foster is an American soccer player for Detroit City who previously played for VfL Wolfsburg in the German Bundesliga. |
