The baby name Koba is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KOH-bah (IPA: /ˈkoʊbə/; Georgian: [ˈkɔbɑ]).
The baby name Koba is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KOH-bah (IPA: /ˈkoʊbə/; Georgian: [ˈkɔbɑ]).
Koba is in Origin.
A compact Georgian classic, Koba is a masculine given name widely understood as a vernacular form of Iakob (Jacob), carrying the biblical meaning “supplanter/one who follows at the heel.” Beyond its etymology, the name gained cultural heft from the noble outlaw Koba in Alexander Kazbegi’s 19th-century novel The Patricide; the young Ioseb Jughashvili later adopted “Koba” as his revolutionary alias before he became known as Joseph Stalin. Despite that association, Koba remains familiar in Georgia today.
Variants and cognates connected through Jacob include Iakob/Iakobi (Georgian), Jacob/Jakob, Yakov, Iacob, and Jakub; related nicknames are Kobe (Flemish short for Jacobus), Kobus (Afrikaans/Dutch), and Dutch feminine Coba/Koba from Jacoba. As a given name, Koba is chiefly Georgian; in other languages Koba appears as an unrelated surname (Japanese) or common noun (Basque “cave”), not a variant.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE | Boys | 0 | #17 | 174 | 2,055 |
| GE | 0 | #31 | 14 | 997 | |
| MD | 0 | #34 | 1 | 434 | |
| KZ | 0 | #94 | 1 | 1,452 | |
| GE | Girls | 0 | #104 | 5 | 1,564 |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #148 | 4 | 4,216 |
| RU | 0 | #192 | 3 | 3,641 | |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 3,850 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 4,970 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #236 | 2 | 7,146 |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #251 | 1 | 6,592 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #270 | 4 | 6,912 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #271 | 19 | 6,578 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #300 | 4 | 7,909 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #304 | 2 | 6,530 |
| France | Girls | 1974 | #325 | 3 | 1,499 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #332 | 9 | 6,459 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #358 | 4 | 8,138 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #405 | 2 | 8,413 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #406 | 100 | 12,621 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #432 | 14 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #437 | 11 | 14,421 | |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #509 | 2 | 10,188 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #514 | 35 | 10,655 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| LY | 0 | #526 | 10 | 12,703 | |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #554 | 4 | 12,905 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #557 | 4 | 11,671 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #563 | 45 | 10,983 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #564 | 2 | 10,162 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #569 | 7 | 12,054 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #600 | 6 | 10,045 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #621 | 2 | 9,244 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| LB | 0 | #686 | 5 | 13,263 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #693 | 5 | 13,071 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #804 | 3 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #825 | 2 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #860 | 6 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #888 | 5 | 7,044 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #909 | 22 | 5,610 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #914 | 5 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #917 | 9 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #925 | 2 | 14,506 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #936 | 16 | 5,873 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #943 | 13 | 5,933 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #998 | 4 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,007 | 3 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,011 | 4 | 25,931 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,023 | 119 | 25,928 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,027 | 7 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,037 | 3 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| MA | 0 | #1,099 | 30 | 20,986 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,112 | 100 | 19,440 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,128 | 49 | 20,130 | |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,141 | 3 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,151 | 2 | 16,140 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,167 | 12 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,178 | 5 | 25,439 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,266 | 2 | 17,781 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,422 | 50 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,684 | 8 | 28,008 |
Koba is popular in 57 countries — most recent births per country:
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