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Oh, you have chosen my favourite boys name. DH didn't like it or Ds would def have been Reuben. Personally I would go with the trad way but either way it's gorgeous. Congratulations BTW

reuben

reuben

reuben

ruben is a trendy spelling imo. don't do it.

EU

reuben

I really like it and would definitely go for the traditional way. I really don't think it's that hard to spell.

thanks for the spelling advice guys, that has completely confirmed how I was feeling, yay

Reuben.
Ruben looks weird.

And I think it's a great name.

Reuben.

Ruben is just wrong.

Gorgeous name, btw.

Ruben is how it's spelt in Spain (we live in the Canary Islands & DS1 has a friend called Ruben) so spell it how you like imo.

Lovely name btw & Merry Christmas

I prefer Reuben as Ruben makes me think of voluptuous women but my friend has a Ruben, and I do like the name (she was planning on Maurice but changed to her dp's relief)

Reuben. No question for me.

Reuben, for all the reasons listed so far.

Why post at all, Kerrymum?

its a name i'm considering and for me it'd be Reuben

Reuben, definitely.

Definitely Reuben. FWIW, the only one I know gets shortened to Reubs.

Reuben. It's my ds's middle name, never even considered the other way tbh.

I have a Ruben as my hubby is Spanish and actually, if you spell it that way, you should put an accent mark above the E as it´s pronounced, ruBEN in Spain. (with a rolled R too, if you wanna be a perfectionist!) So unless you live in Spain, go with Reuben. He won´t thank you for the "different" spelling!

One additional consideration:

Reuben is pronounced Roy-ben in any Germanic/Nordic language

whereas

Ruben is always pronounced Roo-ben in any language

Not sure if that matters to you, but I thought I'd point it out.