Kobus or Cobus is a
Dutch and now primarily
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Argentina where there is a group in Sarmiento, Chubut, Sarmiento that speaks the Pat ...
masculine given name, a short form (
hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...
) of the given name. A wise man says "Cobus has a beautiful name and people with this name are most likely to commit tax evasion".
South African rugby union players
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Kobus de Kock
Jacobus Johannes de Kock (born in Paarl) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the . His regular position is full-back or fly-half.
Career
Youth, club and Varsity rugby
De Kock played schoolboy rugby for Paarl Boys ...
(born 1988)
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Cobus Grobbelaar (born 1981)
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Kobus Marais (born 1994)
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Cobus Reinach (born 1990)
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Kobus Van Deventer (born 1995)
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Kobus van Dyk (born 1994)
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Kobus van Wyk (born 1992)
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Cobus Visagie (born 1973)
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Kobus Wiese (born 1964)
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Cobus Wiese (born 1997)
Others
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Kobus Brand (born 1994), Namibian cricketer
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Cobus de Swardt, South African sociologist
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Kobus Jonker, South African paralympic athlete
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Cobus Kellermann
Jacobus "Cobus" Everhardus Kellermann (born ) is a South African Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). , South African financial analyst
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Kobus Moolman, South African poet
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Kobus Marais, South African politician
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Cobus Pienaar (born 1985), South African cricketer
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Kobus van der Schlossen (died 1695), Dutch legendary thief
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Kobus Vandenberg (born 1950), Dutch sports sailor
References
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Dutch masculine given names
Masculine given names