Kobi
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning supplanter; a form of Jacob.
Kobi by the numbers
In 2025, 72 babies in England and Wales were named Kobi. In the US, 82 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 102 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Jacob
Like Kobi, each of these traces back to Jacob: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Jacobysupplanter; a form of Jacob297 in the US (2017)
- Yaakovheel holder, supplanter; Hebrew form of Jacob181 in the US (2017)
- Jacquelynsupplanter; a feminine form of Jacob164 in the US (2017)
- Jaclynsupplanter; a feminine form of Jacob149 in the US (2017)
- Jakobehe who supplants; variant of Jacob147 in the US (2017)
- Jaycobsupplanter; a modern spelling of Jacob140 in the US (2017)
- Yaqubsupplanter; arabic form of Jacob121 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jacobisupplanter; a form of Jacob120 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kobi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kodihelpful; a modern respelling of Cody37 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kobysupplanter; a form of Jacob or Jacoby60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kobiesupplanter; a form of Jacob77 in England and Wales (2025)
- Koia type of ornamental carp fish51 in the US (2017)
- Kofiborn on friday14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kojismall path or small two4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Kobi
Names that are said the same way as Kobi, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a supplanter
Like Kobi, each of these has a supplanter in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jamessupplanter; from Jacob14,309 in the US (2017)
- Jacobsupplanter, holder of the heel13,122 in the US (2017)
- Jamesonson of James; supplanter3,979 in the US (2017)
- Diegosupplanter; a form of James3,095 in the US (2017)
- Jaycehe supplants; a modern respelling of James2,951 in the US (2017)
- Jakesupplanter; a form of Jacob1,491 in the US (2017)
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