List of names for the Volkswagen Type 1

The Volkswagen Type 1 automobile, also known as the Volkswagen Beetle or Bug, is known colloquially by various names in different countries, usually local renderings of the word "beetle". Among these are:


 * Bug or Beetle-Bug in the US
 * Bogár (beetle) or bogárhátú (beetle-back) in Hungary
 * 金龜車 ("Jin-guei che") in Taiwan
 * Agroga عكروكة (little frog), Rag-gah ركـّة (little turtle) in Iraq
 * חיפושית ("Hipushit", beetle) or Bimba in Israel
 * ビートル ("Bītoru", beetle) in Japan
 * Bjalla (beetle) in Iceland
 * Kodok (frog) in Indonesia
 * Ghoorbaghei (قورباغه ای) (frog) in Iran
 * Буба (beetle) in North Macedonia
 * Kifuu (small bowl ) in Kenya
 * Vabole (beetle) in Latvia
 * Vabalas (beetle) in Lithuania
 * Kura (turtle), Kodok (frog) in Malaysia
 * Kashima in Namibia
 * Bhyagute car (frog car) in Nepal
 * Boble (bubble) in Norway
 * Cepillo (brush or ice shaver) in Dominican Republic
 * خنفسة ("khon-fesa", beetle) in Egypt
 * Fakrouna (tortoise) in Libya
 * Põrnikas (beetle) in Estonia
 * Baratinha (little cockroach) in Cape Verde
 * Escarabat (beetle) in Catalan
 * Poncho in Chile and Venezuela
 * 甲壳虫 ("Jiǎ Ké Chóng", beetle) in China
 * Buba (bug) in Croatia
 * Brouk (beetle) in Czech Republic
 * Sapito (little toad) in Perú
 * Carocha (beetle) in Portugal
 * Volky in Puerto Rico
 * Broasca, Broscuţă (little frog), Buburuza (ladybird) in Romania
 * Фольксваген-жук ("Folksvagen-zhuk", Volkswagen bug) in Ukraine
 * Жук ("Zhuk", beetle) in Russia
 * Буба ("Buba", bug) in Serbia
 * Qongqothwane (beetle), Volla or Volksie (little Volkswagen), Kewer (beetle) in South Africa
 * Chrobák (beetle) in Slovakia
 * Hrošč (beetle) in Slovenia
 * Volks, Beetle or Ibba (turtle) in Sri Lanka
 * Mgongo wa Chura (frog's back)in Tanzania
 * Con Bọ (bug) in Vietnam
 * Bhamba Datya ("Datya", frog) in Zimbabwe
 * Tortuga (tortoise) in Panama
 * Цох(beetle) in Mongolia
 * "فولوکس"  ("Foloks", philosopher), in Afghanistan
 * Buba ("the bug") in Montenegro
 * Super Beetle or Super Bug in North America
 * Banju Maqlub (literally, a bathtub turned upside down) in Malta
 * Viwii in Malawi


 * Foxi or Foxy in most of Pakistan and Daddu-car (frog car) in Punjabi speaking parts of Pakistan
 * Mgongo wa Chura (frog's back), Mwendo wa Kobe (tortoise speed) in Swahili
 * Folka (Volkswagen), Bagge (short for Skalbagge, beetle), Bubbla (bubble) in Sweden and Swedish-speaking Finland
 * Cucaracha or Cucarachita (cockroach, little cockroach) in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras
 * Bingus, Ijapa,  Mbe, or Tortoise Car in Nigeria
 * Beetle in the UK, and in many English speaking Commonwealth countries (e.g. Australia & New Zealand)
 * Maggiolino (maybug, cockchafer), Maggiolone (big beetle) in Italy
 * Käfer (beetle) in Germany, Austria and Alemannic Switzerland
 * Kever in Dutch-speaking Belgium and the Netherlands
 * Pichirilo in Ecuador and Colombia
 * Pulga (flea), Escarabajo (beetle) in Colombia
 * ඉබ්බා  (tortoise) in Sri Lanka
 * Vocho, Vochito or Volcho (navel) in Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia and Perú
 * Fusca in Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (from "fauvê", "VW" in German pronunciation), Fusquinha (little VW) in Brazil, Fusquita (little VW) in Uruguay
 * Escarabajo (beetle) in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Perú, Spain, Uruguay, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama
 * Peta (turtle) in Bolivia
 * Pendong, Kotseng kuba (hunchback car), Pagong, Ba-o, (turtle), Boks (tin can), sometimes Beetle in the Philippines
 * Garbus (hunchback) in Poland
 * Folcika or Buba (bug) in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Косτенурка ("Kostenurka", turtle), Бръмбар ("Brambar", beetle) in Bulgaria
 * Boblen (The bubble), Bobbelfolkevogn (bubble Volkswagen), Asfaltboblen (The asphalt bubble), Billen (The Beetle) gravid rulleskøjte (pregnant rollerskate) or Hitlerslæden (Hitler-sled) in Denmark
 * Kupla (bubble), Kuplavolkkari (bubble Volkswagen), Aatun kosto (Adi's revenge) in Finland
 * Coccinelle (ladybug) in France, French-speaking Belgium and Switzerland, Algeria, Quebec and Haiti
 * Choupette (Herbie's name in the French version of the movie) in French Canada
 * Σκαθάρι ("Skathari", beetle), Σκαραβαίος ("Skaraveos", scarab), Χελώνα ("Chelona", turtle), Κατσαριδάκι ("Katsaridaki", little cockroach) in Greece
 * Sedán (sedan car), Pulguita (little flea), Vocho/Vochito or Bocho/Bochito (little Volkswagen) in Mexico and across Latin America
 * รถเต่า ("Rod Tao", turtle car), โฟล์คเต่า ("Volk Tao", Volkswagen turtle) in Thai
 * Kaplumbağa (turtle), Tosbağa (tortoise), Vosvos in Turkey