Given name
Kobee
“woman from California”
Kobee is a variant of Kobi. One American interpretation is “woman from California.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kobee is a variant of Kobi. One American interpretation is “woman from California.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kobee connects to the Jacob name family through Kobi. Jacob is the English and Dutch form of the Hebrew Yaakov. James belongs to the same older name family, despite looking quite different in English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Kobee connects to the Jacob name family through Kobi. The shared background comes through Jacob: The link with Hebrew akev, “heel,” comes from Genesis 25:26: Jacob is born holding his older twin Esau’s heel. In Genesis 27:36, Esau connects the name with being supplanted after Jacob gains his birthright and their father’s blessing. These episodes explain the traditional meanings; they do not settle how the name first arose.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Kobee connects to the Jacob name family through Kobi. The history of Jacob gives this family its wider story. In Genesis, Jacob is the son of Isaac and Rebecca and the father of twelve sons associated with the twelve tribes of Israel. His name has a long history in Jewish and Christian communities. The related name James developed through a different Late Latin form, Iacomus, eventually becoming distinct from Jacob in English.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Kobee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 307
- 260 boys · 47 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +30%
- Rising
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 257 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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