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Around the globe, Kobe (Kobe , קובי , 科比 ) is quite a common primarily male, but scarcely girly given name. The forename Kobe is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a common unisex name, Hong Kong, and Belgium, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Belgium, and Hong Kong. Likewise, Kobe is the last name as well as the forename.
Kobe is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: James, son of Alphaeus , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ; Kobe Dierckx , character in Familie; Ben Tennyson , the protagonist of Ben 10; Ben 10,000 , character in Ben 10 and Kirby O'Donnell , and in many other works.