Here’s a fascinating list of the different names for the VW type 1 that are used all around the world.
Usually just the world ‘Beetle’ in their native language but these make for a very interesting read –

• Käfer in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
• Жук (Zhuk) (Bug) also in Russia (Former Soviet Union)
• Volkswagen Sedan
• Volkswagen Bug
• Pichirilo in Ecuador
• Pulga (“Flea”) in Colombia
• Coccinelle (ladybug) or Kever in Belgium
• Vocho or Vochito in Costa Rica, Mexico and Colombia (mostly a shortening of “Volkswagen”; Vochito is affective diminutive)
• Fusca in Brazil and Paraguay
• Escarabajo (meaning “Beetle”) in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, El Salvador and Venezuela
• Peta (“turtle”) in Bolivia
• Folcika in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Sedan, then Fusca (popularly, Fusquinha that means Little Fusca) in Brazil
• Косτенурка (Kostenurka) (meaning turtle) or Бръмбар (Brambar) (meaning bug) in Bulgaria
• Bug, Beetle, Choupette (Herbie’s name in the French version of the movies) or Coccinelle (ladybug) in Canada
• Escarabat (means “beetle”) in Catalan
• Poncho in Chile
• Jiǎ Ké Chóng (甲壳虫) (means “beetle”) in China
• Buba in Croatia
• Brouk in Czech Republic
• Chrobák in Slovak Republic
• Boblen (the bubble), Bobbelfolkevogn (a distortion of ‘the bubble’ and a translation of ‘Volkswagen’, the people’s car), gravid rulleskøjte (pregnant rollerskate) or Hitlerslæden (The Hitler-sled) in Denmark
• Cepillo (“Brush”) in Dominican Republic
• خنفسة – Pronounced khon-fesa (Beetle in Arabic) in Egypt
• Põrnikas (means “beetle”) in Estonia
• Kuplavolkkari (kupla meaning bubble) in Finland
• Coccinelle (ladybug) in France, Quebec and Haiti
• Буба in the Republic of Macedonia
• Jin-guei che (金龜車) in Taiwan
• Σκαθάρι (Scathari meaning beetle), Σκαραβαίος (Scaraveos meaning Scarab), or Χελώνα (Chelona meaning Turtle) in Greece
• Cucaracha or Cucarachita (Cockroach or little cockroach) in Guatemala and El Salvador.
• Bogár in Hungary.
• Cucarachita (little cockroach) in Honduras.
• Bjalla in Iceland
• Kodok (frog) in Indonesia
• Folex(قورباغه ای) meaning frog in Iran
• Agroga عكروكة (froggy)or Rag-gah ركـّة (small turtle)in Iraq
• חיפושית (“Hipushit,” beetle) or Bimba in Israel
• Maggiolino (may bug, cockhafer) or the unofficial name of Maggiolone (can indicate Super Beetle) in Italy
• Kabuto-mushi (カブトムシ） (means “drone beetle”) in Japan
• Kifuu in Kenya
• Vabole in Latvia
• Vabalas in Lithuania
• Kura (turtle) or Kodok (frog) in Malaysia
• Sedán, Pulguita (little flea), Vocho or Vochito (sometimes spelled “bocho/bochito”) in Mexico
• Scoro-Scoro in Namibia
• Bhyagute Car in Nepal literally: “Frog Car”.
• Kever in the Netherlands
• Boble (bubble) in Norway
• “Pendong”, kotseng kuba (literally, ‘hunchback car’) /”pagong” (turtle),”Ba-o”, turtle in Cebuano dialect “Boks” in the Philippines
• Garbus (literally, ‘Hunchback’) in Poland
• Carocha in Portugal
• Volky in Puerto Rico
• Broasca / Broscuţă (little frog/froggy) or Buburuza (ladybird) in Romania
• Фольксваген-жук(Folksvagen-Zhuk) in Russia
• Буба or Buba in Serbia
• Volla, Kewer – Pronounced Folla in South Africa
• Chrobák in Slovakia
• Hrošč in Slovenia
• Volks / Beetle/ ibba (turtule) in Sri Lanka
• Mgongo wa Chura” (Frog Back) or Mwendo wa Kobe” (Tortoise Speed) in Swahili
• Bagge (short for skalbagge, beetle), bubbla (bubble) or folka in Sweden and Finland
• Kobe in Tanzania
• รถเต่า – Pronounced Rod Tao (turtle car) / โฟล์คเต่า (Volk Tao) in Thai
• Kaplumbağa or tosbağa (meaning turtle) or “vosvos” in Turkey.
• con bo in Vietnam
• Bhamba datya in Shona – Datya is frog in the vernacular from Zimbabwe
• Poncho
• Popoy
• Pulga
• Punchbug
• Tortuga in Panama
• Escarabajo, Bocho o Rana in Perú
• Foxi in Pakistan
• Kupla in Finland
• Цох in Mongolia
• Escarabajo o Cucaracha in Colombia
• Escarabajo (Bettle) and popularly Fusca or Fusquita in Uruguay
• Pichirilo in (Colombia)

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