Comments for the name Reuben

This name is pronounced reh-oo-ben in Hebrew.

A reuben sandwich is made with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and Russian dressing. The popularity of the sandwich (created sometime in the late 30s) might be an explanation for the declining popularity of the name. (In comparison, the Spanish Ruben is miles ahead.)

This is my name and I like it because of that but the irritating thing is people always spell it either Ruben or Rueben, I hate it when they do that. I find it really insulting.

My son is going to be called Reuben. The name can be shortened to Reubs. A character in Annie Dalton's Agent Angel series is called Reuben who is a pure angel and a total sweetie who is a fab dj!

Hitcock's Bible Names Dictionary also has the name meaning "the vision of the son" for Reuben.

I can't believe that no one has said anything about Reuben Studdard (I believe that's his last name) from American Idol! I think that he won the second season.

The Dutch spelling is Ruben.

This name is so cute!

The name of Ben Stiller's character in Along Came Polly is Reuben Feffer.

Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, character in Portis' True Grit and quite possibly John Wayne's most famous character.

I used to have this name on my favourites list, but as my favourites change nearly every day it's been pushed off. :D But I still think it's a really cute name, spelt either Reuben or Ruben.

Reuben can also be shortened to Ben, which is a little more modern, and teenage friendly.

All I can think of is a Reuben sandwich. Don't like it.

Don't like it. Sounds like a "rube", unsophisticated country bumpkin.

Love it! I think it's a cute and yet grown up name, it isn't very popular, and most people these days have no idea what a Reuben sandwich or a rube is. Besides, a good personality is all you need to deflect any teasing stemming from a name. :)
Would definitely name a son this, except I'm only in middle school and not planning to have kids any time soon.

For some reason, I can only picture a fat guy with this name. I still like it though... Although I prefer Ruben.