Coby or Koby is a male and female name, a surname, or a nickname originating from the name "
Jacob
Jacob, later known as Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca. Accordingly, alongside his older fraternal twin brother E ...
" or "Jakob".
Notable people with the name "Coby" include
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Koby Abberton (born 1979), Australian surfer
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Koby Altman (born 1982), American basketball executive
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Koby Arthur (born 1996), Ghanaian footballer
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Coby Bell (born 1975), American actor and producer
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Coby G. Brooks (born 1969), American businessman
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Coby Bryant (born 1999), American football player
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Coby Carrozza (born 2001), American swimmer
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Koby Clemens (born 1986), American baseball player
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Coby Cotton
Dude Perfect (DP) is an American sports and comedy group and YouTube channel headquartered in Frisco, Texas. The group consists of Tyler "The Beard" Toney, "The Twins" Cory and Coby Cotton, Garrett "The Purple Hoser" Hilbert, and Cody "The Tall ...
(born 1987), American media personality
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Coby Dietrick (born 1948), American basketball player
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Coby Fleener (born 1988), American football player
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Koby Holland (born 1974), American sports shooter
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Koby Israelite (born 1966), Israeli musician
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Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
(born 1996), Canadian racquetball player
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Coby Jones (born 2003), American soccer player
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Coby Karl (born 1983), American basketball player
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Koby Arthur Koomson (born 1951), Ghanaian diplomat
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Koby Lion (born 1976), Israeli paracyclist
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Koby Maxwell (born 1978), Ghanaian musician
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Coby Miller (born 1976), American track and field athlete
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Koby Osei-Wusu (born 1995), Ghanaian-American soccer player
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Coby Rhinehart (born 1977), American football player
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Coby Rowe (born 1995), English footballer
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Coby Sey, British musician
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Coby Sikkens (born 1946), Dutch swimmer
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Koby Stevens (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
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Coby van Baalen (born 1957), Dutch equestrian
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Coby White (born 2000), American basketball player
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Coby Whitmore (1913–1988), American painter
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Doug Coby (born 1979), American racing driver
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Fred Coby
Frederick G. Beckner Jr. (March 1, 1916 – September 27, 1970) was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing Pony Deal in the fifth season of the American western television series ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp''.
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(1916–1970), American actor
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George Coby (1883–1967), Georgian businessman
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Jeff Coby (born 1994), Haitian-American basketball player
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Rudy Coby (born 1964), American magician
See also
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Cobe (disambiguation) Cobe or COBE may refer to:
* Cobe (architectural firm), a Danish architectural firm
* Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), a satellite
* 9997 COBE, a main-belt asteroid
* Cobe Trophy Race, an auto race held in 1910 and 1911
People with the name
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, a disambiguation page for "Cobe"
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Cobie
Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) is a United States-originated specification relating to managed asset information including space and equipment. It is closely associated with building information modeling (BIM) approac ...
, a page for the given name "Cobie"
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Cobi (disambiguation) Cobi or COBI may refer to:
People
* Cobi (musician) (Jacob Michael Schmidt, born 1986), an American musician
* Cobi Crispin (born 1988), an Australian wheelchair basketball player
* Cobi Hamilton (born 1990), an American football player
* Cobi Jone ...
, a disambiguation page for "Cobi"
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Jacob (given name), a page for the given name "Jacob"
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Kobe (given name)
Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in the Kansai re ...
, a page for the given name "Kobe"
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Kobe (surname), a page for the surname "Kobe"
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Kobi (given name) Kobi is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Kobi Alexander (born 1952), American businessman, founder of Comverse Technology
* Kobi Baladev (born 1965), Israeli footballer
* Kobi Dajani (born 1984), Israeli footballer ...
, a page for the given name "Kobi"
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English unisex given names
Given names of Greek language origin
Modern names of Hebrew origin
Latin given names
Unisex given names
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