Please help! Reuben or Nicholas?

Love all the knickerless comments, though the Reuben I know is called Roob the Boob or Bourbon like the biscuit 😅

They're both nice names. I think if you're in UK you might struggle to get Nico used as a diminutive once he's at school though - it'll end up Nick or Nicky unless you give Nico as "preferred name". Nee-coe doesn't phonetically comes from Nik-er-les.

Nicholas! I know about 6 little Reubens (all spelled differently - Ruben, Reuben, Rueben) and no Nicholases. Nicholas is a perfect name.

Also Reuben will half the time be Roo-bin and half the time Roo-bn. The latter makes me cringe for some reason 😄

Nicholas, nn Nico (or Nick actually!), love 😍 Reuben, overused and boring, imo.

Reuben

My son is Nicholas, when he was small his friend was Antony. They called each other knickers and pants, just a bit of fun no bullying.

Reuben for sure. A good Jewish name, strong and lovely. Nicholas is Santa's name. Very Christmas like and a bit wet.

Much prefer Nicholas.

Nicholas, I don’t like the sound of Reuben and it’s a bit faddy at the moment

Nicholas for me.

Reuben - lovely

I like Reuben best and would shorten it to Roo

Reuben.
Not knickerless.

As another poster said , I was at school with a Knickerless so I’d steer well clear of that one.

I love Reuben, look up Reuben Ash, very cool Cornish surfer.

Nicholas is a really wet name to name. Reuben wins it for me

Reuben Nicholas Surname sounds good. Nice rhythm.

There are millions of Reubens about.

I would go for Nicholas simply because Reuben is so overused. Nico is a great nn

Nicholas

Can't go wrong with Nicholas, a lovely classic name and have never heard any issue with knickerless?! Nico is nice nn too. As is Nick. You may have no control over that.
Reuban is nice too! Sorry not much help!

Nicholas because it has better shortenings.

I like both but I’d go with Nicholas, I work in a school and there are loads of Reubens.

Reuben gets my vote

Yes, that's why I said a family name.

A lot of pentecostals & evangelicals also use old Testament names.

Nicholas, the most honorable man I know is called Nicola btw.

Nicholas. Can be Nick or Nico.
Reuben is a bit too trendy with R names very popular, and people seem to struggle with the spelling.