Throughout the world, コバーン (Cobain 
, Coburn , コバーン) is a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely female first name. The forename コバーン is characteristic of Indonesia, where it is a very rare boy's name, the United States, where it is a very rare primarily male, but very seldom girly name, and South Africa. Predominantly, コバーン is the last name as well as the forename.