# 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 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) 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 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
* 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
* 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 (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 Peru
* 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, Peru, 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