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Reuben?

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BlueBananas · 19/03/2015 10:57

What do you think? Is a bit feminine?

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DayLillie · 23/03/2015 16:55

Love it. Gorgeous name. Grin

blowinahoolie · 23/03/2015 16:52

Lovely name, I also have a Reuben. He's called Roo by DH and myself!

I would just like to point out that you will have to get used to some people in life spelling it wrong...At nursery we've had 'Rueben' and I've had to correct the staff. If this doesn't bother you too much, then go for it OP.

I don't get too worked up about the misspelling as I know it could have easily been done with another name that isn't as common too.

Elfina · 21/03/2015 20:45

Gorgeous.

EthethethethChrisWaddle · 21/03/2015 20:44

I have a Reuben and he gets called Roo by me. To everyone else he is Reuben.

It's a lovely name!

AndThisIsTrue · 21/03/2015 18:23

I have a Reuben who is 2 this week. I love it, I have only met two so far so it doesn't seem too popular. I do call him Roo or Rubes but no one else does and I don't think it sound feminine anyway. Go for it!

ShoeJunkie · 21/03/2015 18:18

DS1 is Reuben - it took us a while to come up with his name (it was never on any short list!) but I love it.

BernadetteMatthews · 21/03/2015 17:49

Not at all keen, sorry. The little ones I know get called Rubes.

RL20 · 21/03/2015 17:47

Love the name. I'm hoping to use it for my baby boy due in a few weeks, but spelt in Spanish as Ruben. Just so it's ever so slightly different and as a nod to the Spanish a few generations back in my family

MaudeLebowski · 21/03/2015 13:29

If you like biblical names, can I recommend Abel? I only know one, in his 70s. Much less popular.

MaraThonbar · 21/03/2015 11:42

Lovely. Getting very popular though.

Fattycow · 21/03/2015 11:15

I love it! But I would spell it Ruben.

SanityClause · 20/03/2015 22:12

I know a Reuben. It's a lovely name. It's biblical - one of Joseph's brothers was called Reuben.

ilovemargaretatwood8931 · 20/03/2015 22:08

Gorgeous name. I'd have chosen it if I'd had a boy.

Lupin32 · 20/03/2015 22:05

Oh and incidentally even the meaning seemed to fit him too as everyone had been convinced I was having a girl! Behold! A son!

Lupin32 · 20/03/2015 22:03

I also have a Reuben. I've always loved it but worried it was getting a bit popular so had taken it off the list as wanted something more unusual. When he was born though I couldn't think of any other name that could possibly be his! I think of it as a really masculine name and maybe it was because he looked like such a little boy that was partly it. A lot of people have said they love his name but then again they wouldn't say if they hated it ;-)

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BlueBananas · 20/03/2015 17:28

Ok Reuben is definitely top of my boys list...for now!
Really appreciate all the opinions Smile

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ItsAllKickingOffPru · 19/03/2015 21:33

Love it. Tried to make it work with our surname but it was not to be Sad

WhingeyMinge · 19/03/2015 21:22

I love it Smile

MaudeLebowski · 19/03/2015 21:14

I think it is awful. But then again I struggle with my Rs, so they are always best avoided in my mind!

Zebda · 19/03/2015 21:13

I love Reuben, this was to be DS's name, all agreed and everything with DH. Until he told me just after my waters broke, and getting into the car for the hospital, that he'd changed his mind! DS was 'baby boy' until 3 days old, when DH caved on a prior name he'd rejected at the start. I miss Reuben, but love the name we actually ended up with. DH was lucky I didnt punch him in the face though...

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BlueBananas · 19/03/2015 21:10

After a sandwich* not free a Hmm

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BlueBananas · 19/03/2015 21:09

Oh Thankyou, good to know the general opinion is good
I really like it but do kind of feel it's a bit effeminate, maybe because it sounds a bit like Ruby? I don't know
I love the idea of naming my baby free a sandwich though that's pretty cool haha

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mrstothemr · 19/03/2015 13:58

Ds is a Reuben! I think it's a strong name, classic and solid. Lovely traditional meaning too

CloserToFiftyThanTwenty · 19/03/2015 13:37

I like it - though I'm also recently aware that it's also a big sandwich Smile

squoosh · 19/03/2015 13:36

Not feminine at all. Becoming really popular from what I can see.