List of names for the Volkswagen Type 1

The Volkswagen Type 1 automobile, also known as the Volkswagen Beetle or Bug,^[3] is known colloquially by various names in different countries, usually local renderings of the word "beetle".^[4][5] Among these are:

• Bug or Beetle-Bug in the United States
• 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^[6]) 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^[7]
• Brouk (beetle) in Czech Republic
• Sapito (little toad) in Peru
• 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^[7]
• Qongqothwane (beetle), Volla or Volksie (little Volkswagen), Kewer (beetle) in South Africa
• Chrobák (beetle) in Slovakia
• Hrošč (beetle) in Slovenia^[7]
• 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^[7]
• 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
• Bintus, Ijapa, Mbe, or Tortoise Car in Nigeria
• Beetle in the United Kingdom, and in many English speaking Commonwealth countries (e.g. Australia and New Zealand)
• Maggiolino^[4] (maybug, cockchafer), Maggiolone (big beetle) in Italy
• Käfer (beetle)^[4] in Germany,^[3] 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,^[4] Vochito or Volcho (navel) in Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia and Peru
• Fusca^[5][8] 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, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama
• Peta (turtle) in Bolivia^[9]
• Pendong, Kotseng kuba (hunchback car),^[10] Pagong, Ba-o, (turtle), Boks (tin can), sometimes Beetle in the Philippines
• Garbus (hunchback) in Poland^[11]
• Folcika or Buba (bug) in Bosnia and Herzegovina^[7]
• 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^[4] (ladybug) in France,^[5] 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^[12]
• 비틀 (beetle) or 카푸어 (bug) in Korea

Having been exported to many countries, the VW Beetle has gained an arguably unequaled reputation.^[1][2]