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Coby

Coby: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“supplanter”
Origin
English
Say it
KOH-bee · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (96% of all uses)

Coby is usually a variant of Coby/Kובי or a short form related to Jacob or Coburn; in English naming it often functions as a spelling variant of Kobe or Koby. When from Jacob, the traditional meaning is 'supplanter.'

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How popular is Coby?

202432.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Coby in 2024108

2024 rank#1,591 boys

Peak year2001

Total US babies since 18809,778

Coby has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Coby

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Kobegod's door · Japanese
  • Kobysupplanter · Hebrew
  • JackGod is gracious · English
  • Hudsonson of Hudd · English
  • Jacksonson of Jack · English
  • Cartercart driver · English
  • Wyattbrave in war · English
  • Maverickindependent person · English

Coby questions

What does the name Coby mean?

Coby means "supplanter". It comes from English. Coby is usually a variant of Coby/Kובי or a short form related to Jacob or Coburn; in English naming it often functions as a spelling variant of Kobe or Koby. When from Jacob, the traditional meaning is 'supplanter.'

Is Coby a boy or girl name?

Coby is mainly a boy's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Coby?

108 US babies were named Coby in 2024. Its peak year was 2001.

How do you pronounce Coby?

Coby is usually pronounced KOH-bee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.