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View Name: Reuben


REUBEN
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Biblical, Hebrew, English
OTHER SCRIPTS: רְאוּבֵן (Hebrew)
PRONOUNCED: ROO-bən (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "behold, a son" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he is the eldest son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. It has been used as a Christian name in Britain since the Protestant Reformation.
Related Names
VARIANT: Reuven (Hebrew)
DIMINUTIVE: Rube (English)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Rouben (Biblical Greek), Reuven (Biblical Hebrew), Ruben (Biblical Latin), Ruben (Dutch), Ruuben (Finnish), Ruben (Scandinavian), Rubén (Spanish)
Popularity
United States  ranked #938 
England/Wales  ranked #71 
Northern Ireland  ranked #63 



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