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Koby

Koby: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“supplanter”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
KOH-bee · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (98% of all uses)

Usually a variant spelling of Coby or Kobe, often used as a short form of Jacob in English and Hebrew contexts. The base name Jacob comes from Hebrew Ya'aqov.

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How popular is Koby?

202423.0 per million US babies
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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 Koby in 202478

2024 rank#2,059 boys

Peak year2001

Total US babies since 18806,066

Koby has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Koby

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Cobysupplanter · English
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew

Koby questions

What does the name Koby mean?

Koby means "supplanter". It comes from Hebrew. Usually a variant spelling of Coby or Kobe, often used as a short form of Jacob in English and Hebrew contexts. The base name Jacob comes from Hebrew Ya'aqov.

Is Koby a boy or girl name?

Koby is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Koby?

78 US babies were named Koby in 2024. Its peak year was 2001.

How do you pronounce Koby?

Koby 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.