Koba (given name)
Koba is a Georgian given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Koba Davitashvili, Georgian politician
- Koba Gogoladze, Georgian boxer
- Koba Gurtskaia, Georgian military officer
- Koba Gvenetadze, Georgian economist
- Koba Jass, Latvian ice hockey player
- Koba Kobaladze, Georgian military officer
- Koba Shalamberidze, Georgian footballer
- Koba Subeliani, Georgian politician
- Koba Zakadze, Soviet Georgian ski jumper
History and origin
In turn, the name comes from the Hebrew root "qb > Yaakov," which means "to follow, to be behind." It referred to the circumstances of Jacob's birth when he held on to the heel of his older twin brother, Esau. The third patriarch of the Jewish people with whom God formed a covenant and the ancestor of the tribes of Israel, who got their names from his descendants, according to the Hebrew Bible, Jacob, the Talmud, the New Testament, the Koran, and the Baha'i writings.In the scriptures of Georgian, Koba is a diminutive of lakob. This name means ''Supplanter.''