Middle name for Kobe

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Still struggling
Anybody any ideas?
Our surname is short

Kobe Or Notkobe

Obe-oneka

Kobe Knox

Culture is Japanese and baby will be named after dh's grandpa.
I love the idea of a longer middle name but can't find anything I think will fit or I like enough.
I've never heard of ladbaby

The Kobe I know genuinely has the middle name Bryant - they are an American family who are basketball obsessed!

Op is there any other culture to be represented that you might want to take a middle from?

Maybe choose a name of another grandpa?

God, some people are being utter twats on this thread.

I actually don't know anyone called Kobe apart from Kobe Bryant and he was named after the beef, so I don't know it as having any specific cultural associations. When someone says Kobe I think of the city in Japan. I was just making an easy joke and not trying to offend.

And as far as I'm aware, Kobe is the name of city in Japan, not a Japanese given name. So it seems as if it isn't really a name from that culture but a place related to that culture - like calling a boy Clermont-Ferrand because their father is French or a daughter Malaga because they have a Spanish grandma.

But, sorry anyway, if the baby's grandpa is called that I'm obviously wrong - I just have never met any Japanese people called Kobe. But there are millions of Japanese people I haven't met. Anyway, apologies again.

It has meaning in dh's family and we both love the idea of naming him after grandpa but I don't know how I feel after seeing all of the jokes on here. I am British so was hoping for a British middle name but maybe that just won't go.

I think it's a great name OP and it has meaning which your child will come to know and take pride in. Did you have any ideas at all? Do you want something traditional or more modern?

Seriously if you like it, go for it! My friends’ son Kobe gets told his name is awesome all the time. (Although that might be because people know he was named for the basketball player)

How many syllables does your last name have?

Thanks guys. I'm completely split on going modern or traditional. We already have 2dc with traditional British names so this will be the curveball anyway. It's hard to find something to go.
Our surname is only one syllable if that helps.

Is the grandpa still alive? Is it culturally OK to name a child after a living relative? I only ask as we almost did this and grandpa said 'I'm not dead yet!' (culturally it is a nono where he is from).

@AsAProfessionalFekko no grandpa passed away 3 years ago.

I live the name Kobe and there is one in DS's class. No more "odd" than any other in the class.
Are there any middle names on a short list OP that we could expand on?

Kobe Jax

If it’s a short surname then something with 2 or 3 syllables would be good.

Winston?

I guess it depends where you live. But yes, I think that most people will think 'place in Japan' as its not a name that many will have come across very much. I thought it was an African name (possibly getting muddled with Kofi).

Try to get something that 'fits' with the length and sound of the surname too.

Christopher comes to mind.

I had a Japanese friend called Shozo although I hear it's a bit of an old name in Japan. I quite like two sets of two syllables.

Ah sorry just saw y.ou wanted a British middle name. Kobe... Alexander?

Sebastian
Dominic
Benedict
Alastair
Austin
Arthur
Jonathan
Joshua
Zachary
Abraham
Ciaran