Meaning and background
The story behind Kobi
Kobi has a documented author association through Kobi Yamada. Penguin Random House identifies him by this spelling and lists books including What Do You Do with an Idea? and Because I Had a Teacher. That creates a concrete literary reference for a household that knows his work. The publisher biography confirms a bearer of the name, while providing no basis for assigning Kobi a Hebrew or Japanese etymology.
- Association
- Kobi Yamada is an author whose books include What Do You Do with an Idea? and Because I Had a Teacher. Source
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About Kobi
Recorded as a dog’s name
Kobi appears in 13 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
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