Is this a girls name, boys name or both?

[blessedatlast]

Ok, so the only name DF and I half agree on for a girl is Koby. I went searching for the meaning tonight and all the baby name sites say Koby is a boys name I honestly thought it was a girls name. What do you think? When you hear it do you immediately think boy? I know there is a female on here and she is called Koby IRL..

[*LittleMissSummer*]

Koby to me has always been a girls name.

[feeb]

I know Boys and girls with the name.

Boys I know are Coby, Kobe and Koby.

Girls I know spell it Koby and Kobie.

Hope that helps bit.

[blessedatlast]

I'm really searching for the meaning. Would the meaning be different? It means "He who supplants" Would it then mean "She who supplants"?

ETA: i don't like the meaning..

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

A girl I went to school with was coby!


Sent from my iPhone, more than likely while I should be doing something else!

[nickers]

my cousin has a son Koby so first thought is boy but its nice as either.
I have a friend with a DD Cody which is also boy or girl.
some name means just dont really mean much where as other really say a lot about a name dont they

[LionsandBears]

I'm really searching for the meaning. Would the meaning be different? It means "He who supplants" Would it then mean "She who supplants"?

ETA: i don't like the meaning..

We had a similar problem with a name on our shortlist for DS2. Same meaning, weirdly, which I did not think was appropriate for us so we excluded it.

GL

ETA - I found 2 meanings. The first one is a derivative of Jacob which means supplanter. The name we liked, Jake, is also from Jacob so that's why the same meaning. The 2nd one is a German boy's name meaning dark haired.

[skybie]

For me its an instant girl, only because i know a very lovely Koby IRL

[~Kim~]

The meaning is kinda weird for you BAL, but I only know it as a girls name.

[Bern]

i automatically think of a boy as one of my friends has a boy named kobi, and a school friend had a brother named Khobi.

[Sunny Love]

Its both for us in this house, I think it depends on the middle name (if one is given) that would masculanise it or not (does that make sense??)

[blessedatlast]

Do you know how badly I wanted it to have a nice meaning.. Same as Tashybabe, it just doesn't feel appropriate. *Sigh.. I'm glad I have a while to decide.. Why are girls names so hard?

Also Tashybabe Button's older brothers name is Jacob, so that would mean their names would mean the same?

[Beautiful Disaster]

For me its an instant girl, only because i know a very lovely Koby IRL

Very true

[LionsandBears]

BAL - yes, same meaning. Which may not in itself be a problem. Just the circumstances. For us, name meaning was important too but we put more emphasis on what suited baby. But a name with a 'negative' meaning was ruled out. Both times now we've come up with shortlists, have favourite names for ages, then choose a last minute contender once we meet baby. Though for DS2, he responded to me playing him 'hey Jude' by kicking up a storm, so we feel he chose that name himself

You've got lots of time. Just keep updating lists. Baby will end up a name eventually

I had a huge girl name list I can give you if you like. I found boys' names harder.

[RhiChiChi]

I have known both, for the girl though her name was spelt Coby

[blessedatlast]

It's strange I didn't really pay much attention to meaning when I named the twins, and I guess it doesn't really matter what the name means, but out of all things it could mean it means that!! As soon as I read it I didn't like it at all! Boy names I find easy. I like heaps of boys names.

[tracyh]

I first thought boys name until I worked with a female koby IRL. Good Luck

[Taurean]

I only know of one Koby and it's my friend's son so to me I think boy. However, it does make a great girls name.

The meaning is ordinary though. I'll check my baby names book shortly and see what it says.

ETA: it's only in the boys section in my book and neither versions have meanings. Jacob, however, has the meaning you mentioned earlier so I guess that's why. Jacob was (is?) on our list but I hadn't considered the meaning (yet) but I'm not fond of it either!

Koby - Polish, diminutive of Jacob

Coby - English, diminutive of Coburn or Jacob