Cobie Smulders Is Totally Not A Made-Up Name

'Friends from College' star Cobie Smulders, beloved for her role on 'How I Met Your Mother,' reveals her impossibly-long real name.
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[@NewMessage]

Loved her in How I met the Avengers!

[@justAguyDs]

New Message How aboot avengers.......GOOOO TUUUUU DA MAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL

[@CADPgamer]

New Message How I Met Her Friends From Marvel Movies is an amazing show

[@aizensamakingx4480]

She is in the Avengers? I've never seen this woman before.

[@semafodje782]

AizenSamaKing X yeah, the first and second one, maybe infinity war.

[@JohnWestIV]

+AizenSamaKing X She's Maria Hill, of S.H.I.E.L.D. She's in both Avenger's films and Captain America: Winter Soldier. She also appears in some episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

[@Winterstrife89]

It's Robin Sparkles y'all!

[@KanyaPinandita]

Let's go to the moooool! :))

[@alexaomoran]

Dexter Chua lets go to the mall everybody

[@brotlaib]

no, it's Robin Daggers

[@BacadoTheSkoggy]

Come on Jessica...

[@WillGM22]

OMG yas!

[@AssarksMovies]

Kids in 2017 yout aunt robin made her broadway debut

[@mohammedsufyan4011]

Salim mom by now

[@NostalgiaChubby]

Cobie's dad was my dentist...I literally watched her grow up on the wall whilst I had my teeth drilled

[@fani6801]

Nostalgia Chubby what do you mean?Did he have her in poster or something?Wow is he still a dentist or?

[@NostalgiaChubby]

no, he had school pics of his kids on his walls...like a good parent! :D I think he retired last year...I am dentistless now

[@fani6801]

Nostalgia Chubby Aww!I am a huge fan of her so..And i have been wearing bracelets for 7 years i would love to go to Canada and meeting at least her father 😂 She was so beautiful like now right?

[@NostalgiaChubby]

it's weird, he doesn't think it's a big deal he's more proud of his other kids that went on to become professionals...lol

[@annemiekedunnink7606]

Haha, that sounds very Dutch, to not be overly proud on your famous daughter.

[@GigaMan91]

I loved her from "How I Met Your Mother". Such a beautiful and talented woman.

[@InsaneBanana0125]

True :D

[@andrew5563]

A little part of me wanted her to sing "Let's go to the mall" when he referenced Canada Day :(

[@CheesyMallets]

That cheeky pun she made was pretty great! XD

[@Drarack]

I loved the understated delivery.

[@zJoriz]

She actually made the pun twice, but somehow nobody in the room noticed the first time. Odd...

[@adaoraelliott9254]

zJoriz I require time stamps otherwise it didn't happen.

[@zJoriz]

Thalia, seriously? You didn't hear it? Well OK then: @3:31 and @3:46

[@SenerS10]

She is gorgeous!

[@Peran12]

Sener S ted thought so too.

[@gorginhanson]

Well she was back in Season 1 of How I met your mother

[@kietey14]

Her faces beauty is off the charts. Must be hard to just talk to her and look at her in the eyes.

[@khanmaida]

Jason Givens lol not at all, she's average.

[@hamzahaytham3940]

Woah, 314 likes that’s awesome 😎

[@lilygonzalez5406]

But umm.....😂😂😂👌

[@Mia7189]

lily gonzalez LOL! I see what you did there.

[@Snorlaxxll]

*everyone at a bar*: BUT UM!!!!!!

[@lorenzoeldude]

Bottom!

[@srcocomad]

shot

[@vishalchhabra2237]

Locomótiv

[@MinhNguyen-xf4ni]

Kids, During the summer of 2017, your aunt Robin was on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

[@ericandy88]

5 years after she appeared on Letterman.

[@Tanjimulchowdhury]

God it physically hurts to look at her :( she is sooo perfect :'(

[@heyheyhey0220]

Tanjimul chowdhury creepy

[@Catstew]

She's a lizard person, illuminati and shit

[@Juan_rivera]

Tanjimul chowdhury nobody's perfect, women hate it because it creeps them out

[@sidious8524]

Juan Rivera 🙄

[@keithferris9574]

I agree

[@anindyaya6878]

3:14 BUT UM!

[@jacktild]

DRINK

[@yaboy2124]

No wayyyy

[@abruiaco7370]

I WAS ABOUT TO COMMENT THAT. DRINK!

[@kartik8704]

ROFL

[@maxxh5331]

She actually said "But uh"

[@leonordr9198]

jacoba francisca maria smulders y'all!!!

[@AndersondeLima]

Very catholic! Hahaha.

[@a.e.jabbour5003]

A gorgeous name to match a gorgeous woman. Perfect.

[@wilhelmdietz4023]

Pretty recognizable names as a Dutch person. Lot of catholic people here have names like that.

[@Snaakie83]

Yep, can confirm. My father's called Bernardus Franciscus Maria 😂

[@tobiaspascher9884]

Sparkles Bitch

[@stalematesibling]

It should just be...................CANADAY. I'll show myself out.

[@MM-xi8ez]

LMAO

[@herreguda6199]

Marry me

[@TheKronos127]

HIMYM fans, take a shot at 3:14 hahaha #butuhmm

[@pussyeater69]

TheKronos127 fuck

[@TheGabygael]

thanks I'm drunk now

[@PieterBreda]

That is a really normal Dutch name. It originally meant: the Miller's son

[@johannespkassing]

Isn't that Mulder(szoon)?

[@Arthur-fp7wu]

+Buleh Betawi Smulders is 'des mulders' I think so it means the same

[@sogghartha]

It's a bit old fashioned though.

[@jaapiekrekel]

I thought it was like enjoyer or something. As in smullen

[@Martinspire]

Also still pretty common. She probably has quite some relatives here.

[@mattomoros]

Come on Jessica, come on Tori...

[@valhalla1240]

let's go to the mall, you won't be so-orry.

[@cooleyoran]

FWAJR Put on your jelly bracelets!

[@joeyjoejoejrshabadoo6621]

And your cool graffiti coat...

[@ahmedhasanica6120]

Going to the mall is what's it all aboot

[@yelix2]

I haven't done my homework yet

[@alejandromolina3106]

This would've been the appropriate time for the band to play the opening theme for how I met your mother

[@djoetma]

It really wasn't because you'd limit her career to just that.

[@NewMessage]

I remember Canada days of yore... Drinking Molson, playing hockey, riding moose over the frozen tundra, chopping wood in our checkered shirts, throwing beavers at polar bears, and quietly ignoring the horrors we visited upon our Native population.

[@Jennyfisch]

Throwing beavers? You mean you don't have a beaver canon?

[@davidblack9362]

They killed invaders who were trying to destroy their way of life? Quelle surprise?

[@piratecheese13]

new message who the fuck are you and why do you keep posting multiple times? to the right of your comment will be 3 dots. click em

[@foamer443]

You forgot the snow snakes.

[@xzonia1]

I loved seeing Colbie, but this interview wasn't long enough! Please have her back again soon. :)

[@Sanmir1234]

I met Cobie Smulders at Comic Con in Sweden. She's the best!

[@cheesyDELISH48]

How does she keep getting more gorgeous??

[@Nomo_Popo]

As an american who grew up in the northern midwest, I've found it's easy to sense when someone is Canadian right away because they're missing a touch of insanity. In other words, they seem level headed and down to earth, nothing is 'off' about them. It's weird to see Americans objectively like that because I am one, but it's easier to notice after observing Canadians. Of course I'm generalizing and that can't be true for all of them but I know nothing about her and only notice her from Avenegers, but once she sat down I was sensing it, quite sure of it. And it happens all the time with interviews and that's the conclusion I came to; you can tell someone is canadian because there is a 'sane air' about them lol.

[@xia3675]

a canadian once pushed me down at marineland

[@shawnforan9100]

was there a double double behind you?

[@CartmanMorisato]

Jsn Sdx Its called being kind and genuine. Sadly most of us Americans can't pull off both.

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

Yeah, i know exactly what you mean.... it's part of the "vibe/culture" inculcated in all Canadians/Americans as we grow up... and YES, there's this "insanity" we're brainwashed with

[@johnspooner1403]

I resemble that remark.

[@AnneSpurgeon]

We saw her on Broadway in 'Present Laughter.' She was amazing! She played beautifully against the genius Kevin Kline (who won a Tony for it). Hard to believe it was her first time on Broadway.

[@elsebrunt7466]

Cobie is a an oldfashioned name in Holland, so this must be a name that runs in her family. And Smulders is a very common familyname in the south of the Netherlands

[@RedOrm68]

Else Brunt , correct. It's short for Jacoba, the feminine form of Jacob.

[@bruce5868]

Else Brunt It's a Japanese beef/basketball player

[@starlinguk]

I have a great-aunt Cobie!

[@Manon627]

@@bruce5868 japanese beef according to the english pronunciation only, though. Japanese would be more like ko-bay

[@zndernaam]

Klopt ja 😀

[@grendelsloth9950]

She seems like a genuine and nice persons

[@Sanmir1234]

I can't believe I got to meet her at Stockholm Comic-Con. Still by far the coolest moment of my life

[@tatijaye173]

"You can't say the f word three times in a sentence, nobody talks that way" Obviously she's never been to high school

[@s0ydarius]

Tati Jaye or at scottish high school

[@docrichardson7034]

Or the Navy

[@brendaepperson9487]

Wynonna earp Carr uses Fbomb alot

[@celsorosajunior]

Cobie Smulders sounds like an X-Files' character.

[@Pnavr]

I'm so excited for this! Looks hilarious XD

[@livtree9941]

you could see the moment of regret on her face when she made that pun lmao love her

[@MetalGuitarGuy]

I love Cobie Smulders. She is just awesome...

[@TheDailyDanny]

love her

[@jenniferwayans890]

💖 A very Courageous and Strong willed Woman Congratulations on fighting C

[@skipper85]

Beautiful woman and wonderful actress

[@hugomendoza5665]

Cobie's real name actually sounds really badass. If she changed careers and became a painter it would totally work haha.

[@sydwarren9799]

so, i watched how i met your mother on netflix and while on a trip to new york with my dad we wanted to see a show. he wanted to see present laughter, so we did!!! i was 3 feet away from her!!!!❤️❤️

[@philipschrantz8402]

She is simply glorious...

[@ICARUS_I]

My goodness, that smile and those beautiful eyes.

[@richipepecurdele5451]

Hermosa mujer

[@josedavila]

WWOOWW, i'm getting to love this great women. ok loooove her

[@cowboymick2181]

I LOVE HER

[@leticiasantamaria6029]

I love Cobie she has a fun personality 😎

[@mobilegamming3270]

I loved her in how I met your mother

[@katanddawg]

She's wonderful! :)

[@birajsharma9618]

Let's go to the Ma-a-a-a-ll

[@shilpashivadasan5115]

biraj sharma - today

[@birajsharma9618]

nobody asked you Patriceee!! loool

[@theprobester6034]

So let me get this Straight, you want us to go to the mall...Today? XD

[@Lov3lyDay]

I love her name so much.

[@victorgalleno4938]

She makes me wanna go to the mall. :) I love Robin!

[@NellieKAdaba]

😆

[@Sur-Ron]

She’s so beautiful!

[@Combo223]

She is so beautiful!!!

[@JLMac322]

Doesn't she just seem like such a lovely person

[@Xeyad]

3:13 ..."but umm"

[@user-pz5wp2vx1g]

Xeyad Hahahah *shot*

[@ZiKDraKulL]

Esta mujer es una elfa!!!

[@marys1032]

Friends from college was awesome I wish it was coming back

[@eyedeasneverdie3348]

Holy shit, I swear she got even more beautiful, such a cute laugh as well.

[@doshi066]

When I go to the mall I listen to robin sparkles 🤣

[@potato9680]

Let's go to the MALL!!!!! Today😉 Robin sparkles we love u

[@Ainiewainy]

Yay for Dutch Heritage! Her name is really Dutch! :-)

[@mrsahussain]

That last line was so pointed! She did her research too ;)

[@hugomendoza5665]

Also, Cobie's incredibly charming in-person.

[@alphasierra.]

In the outtake, even Stephen smoulders.

[@Sleepy.Time.]

lovey lady

[@CartmanMorisato]

I heard the Canadian come out at the end of "150 yeaRRS!" SUPER cute.

[@DM-gn3cp]

she's perfection

[@leprechaunluck24]

God her face is perfect. Like made by a master artist lol Smulders indeed!

[@halon7476]

Beautiful woman

[@Smokes901]

OMG!!...hey Sheldon, is she wearing the Doppler Effect!?....

[@seanwlk]

"Nobody talks that way" LOL Come to italy we will teach you XD

[@StevenTorrey]

Lovely dress!

[@Dutchofclass]

Smulders is a pretty common name in Brabant (province in the south of the Netherlands) :)

[@arcy63]

I looooooove her dress!

[@evildead2376]

gorgeous!

[@yggdrasill7811]

shes lovely =]

[@kissmyassbitch5828]

i want her to shout at patrice i miss it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheGabygael]

i'm belgian and she has the exact same name than 90% of my family tree. Also it was the norm up until the boomer/ gen X generations to give middle names related to saint (mostly ghilsain in my family to help the child reach adulthood) or more often you would give the child their grandparents or godparents names (my nieces born in the 00s are still named after my parents)

[@crazilydavisly]

She's so gorgeous

[@LightningGlass]

"You can't use the F word three times in a sentence, nobody talks that way." Plenty of people I know talk exactly that way.

[@Qolus]

It's her punning that is most Canadian of all 😃👍

[@theITproductions1]

"Very *well*, thank you"

[@Perskakras]

Wow, they mentioned Canada Day and 150 years. So weird - I was in Charlotte, Prince Edward Island from a cruise touring their Provence House on Canada Day - they were really excited in the tour telling us that Canada became their own country 150 years ago on this day. It was so strange, for sure!

[@Daysed.and.Konfuzed]

"Every name is made-up." **Spins Mjolnir** "Nothing to do here." **Flies away**

[@MeDeChamp]

OMFG COBIE 😍😍

[@FirstnameLastname-gr5kb]

"It's kind of cheeky" "nice ...nice...nice"

[@vasudevbethamcherla3001]

She's an elf right?

[@jatilq]

Thank you! I like her, but all I could think of was Arwen Evenstar

[@zuur303]

Elf is eleven in Dutch. On a scale of one to ten she's certainly an elf.

[@Delinae]

For all the times Colbert called Anderson Cooper or John Dickerson elvish, I was expecting him to tell her she looked elvish. Missed opportunity.

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

@@zuur303 It's also eleven in German

[@RiDankulous]

She said 'bums'. Haha!

[@ErgoDog]

"It's their 4th of July..." xP

[@kate_6436]

I have two middle names too so I feel her pain 😂

[@BrainMusicCenter]

At "pieces of his butt, that sounds painful", I spit my coffee out. hahaha don't drink while watching this.

[@noahpangpang]

Stephen: So you are Canadian. Us: Stop it man. We know Robin more than you can imagine.

[@levischorpioen]

My Dutch ass was waiting for some outrageous name and then it's just like "Literally everyone here has names like that."

[@marianaganci5651]

itd going to be legendary

[@Azmodan514]

I'm a simple man, I see Coby in the thumbnail, I click.

[@shehroz6220]

She's Beautiful.

[@metalgast00]

The interview sounds like robin had made another bet with barney for 50$ 😂

[@blazehaze233]

Friends from college was so funny can't believe it was cancelled

[@nafseltaeb]

When he said "the cbs" I got a Letterman flashback.

[@kalicat20]

Lord Byng Secondary alumni pride!!

[@emkay4175]

That dress looks heavy af! It was the first thing I noticed 😌

[@GerbenWijnja]

Jacoba is a common name in the Netherlands, and Cobie (or Coby) is just a shorter version. Just like William becomes Bill, and Elizabeth becomes Liz.

[@Randomname277]

Went to her high school, can confirm the name