Reuben?

[Lazybedhead]

We’ve looked at loads of sites for a boy’s name (don’t know what we are having yet!) and can’t seem to agree on any.
I thought of Reuben, thoughts please?
Thanks

My son's name so obviously I'm biased but I think it's a great name! We liked a lot of 'R' names so it was hard to choose but this was the one that we both liked equally and 2 years on I've no regrets. He's called Reuben 95% of the time, and occasionally Reubs.

Several people commented to us when we named him that it's a 'strong name'.

It does occasionally get misspelt (Ruben/Rueben) but then so do me and my partner's names (which are fairly common).

Other names I liked in case we have similar taste: Matthew, Alexander, Owen, Euan, Ruairidh, Ronan, Robin, Jamie.

It's a nice name. It feels Jewish to my ears.

Similar names

Tristan
Nathan
Quentin
Roman

I love it - I'm biased as I have one too! 😍

Love it.

Really nice.

It's really not up to us is it?

One of the founders of the tribes of Israel. Powerful name.

Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob.

It will be misspelt as Ruben and Rubin, as these are variants.
It will also be misspelt as Rueben, which does get given as a name to a few boys each year.

Names like Roman, Rory, Rufus, Rowan and Robin are quite popular so blends in a bit too much for me.

Reuben was one of 12 brothers, and I much prefer Dan, Benjamin and Joseph's names.

Know lots with variations of Ruben, Rueben and Reuben so that can be a bit confusing. That’s the only issue for me though!

Love it !

Fantastic name.

Lovely. My godson is Reuben. And the best spelling.

I love it. I wanted to use it but wasn’t allowed.

Very popular in London at the minute - i know of 3 born in the last few years. But that might not translate to popular nationally or you might not mind, so if you like it, then go for it!

Very popular, I know a few.

Great - but very very popular, along with Rory, Roman and Rowan.

Ronan is more unusual.

i like it, but i agree it seems very popular in the last couple of years. Every other baby seems to have called Reuben or Theo.

According to ONS figures for E&W, It had a steep rise in popularity from about 2002 to 2015. Since then it seems to be plateauing in the 40-50 rank zone. In 2020, it was given to 0.42% of baby boys (roughly 1 in 250).

So it's certainly not an uncommon name these days but far from being a top 10 name.

I know of a couple, bit haven't met any others my son's age at nursery or any toddler groups so far (whereas I have met a little boy with a very unusual name that I considered for my son, so you never can tell!)

A Reuben that I know goes by Benny, so be aware of that as it is a shortening of the name.

We live in the sticks in Somerset and know 3 Reubens in our circle - 5 yo, 4 yo and 2 yo.

In contrast my DS is a Benjamin (Ben) and we don't know any others...

So I'd personally say it's a bit too common! :)

It's a really nice sandwich.

We’d shorten it to ‘Roo’
I don’t know of any other Reubens in the area (midlands).

My son is Rueben Alexander,
We call him Roo for short. I love his name

He's now 13