Koby

[mumcha]

Hi i am due a little boy in november and love the name Koby but my mum hates it what do you think ?

Hate it

I don't like it either, sorry.
It doesn't sound like a real name, it sounds like a toy (like a furby!)

Isn't it a nickname for Jacob? Could you call him Jacob and use Koby as a nickname?

i don't particularly like it

but it's your child and if you love the name then use it!
i know what it's like to have name regret (when you love a name but don't use it!)

Koby isn't a name. Never heard of it and sorry don't like it. How about Cody?

I think it's quite popular in America; I'm sure I've heard it in films. I'm not keen on it personally, but if you like it - use it.

I have heard it. I like it. It is a name. I think it's used more in the States but its origins are Japanese (Kobe, as in the city).

Sorry I stand corrected - just found it in my baby names book . Also spelt Coby or Kobi.

Its a form of Jacob, meaning "He who supplants".

Yes i too have heard of the spelling Kobe and knew one child called that. Also know a Cobie too.

Think it is more of a fun kiddie name not a name a man grows up to like or would want to be lumbered with so maybe going with Jacob gives him that option.

Only imo though so go with your gut instinct.

I actually like it,but i really don't think it's suits a man.

But i second what thisisyesterday if you like it(as long as it aint silly)then you should go for it.I love dds name alot of people don't.I can honestly say it doesn't vother me.Me and dp like it,that's all that matters

Oh dear, no. Sorry.

Bother not vother.Damn sony ericsson

Kobi was that little dog character who was the mascot of the Barcelona Olympics, wasn't it?

No. No. No. 'Orrible.

Kobe Bryant, NBA basketball star.

I wouldn't use it because it's too close to 'Koba'

No No, sounds made up.

A friend has a Cobi - which I think is a better spelling.

I know a KOBI and no one rises an eyebrow, but wouldn't choose it myself, but its not horrible

I know of a Kobie whose Dad is of African origin (not sure which country) - meaning something to do with 'warrior'.

I love "Kobe isn't a name. Never heard of it". How can you know it isn't a name if you've never heard of it? There must be millions of names from non-Anglo countries that you personally haven't heard of. Presumably they don't exist either?!

Hate it

I love it. When i was pregnant with both dd3 and dd4 we had Kobe for a boy, dp's mum is jewish and would have loved us to have a jewish name and this is as close as we got.

My neighbour has a Coby, interestingly she also has a Jacob, I didn't know Coby was a nickname for Jacob, i'm guessing she doesn't either

I thought 'knobby' when I saw it. Sorry

Wasn't Koby a character in the Star Wars films?

My local bar is called Kobe!

It's not a great name for a child, however you spell it. What's wrong with John, haven't heard of one of those for ages, it must be due a revival by now? Grandad chic, no?