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

Isn't it Reuben?

Stunning name, I adore it!!

My son is called Owen and it suits him so much. He is devilishly handsome, even though I say it myself 😊

There are 2 ways to spell it

Love it

I love it my friend has a adult son called Reuben and I always knew how to spell it and the most common in the UK is "Reuben" so I didn't see this coming so I second what this poster says as I have a Reuben and it gets spelt Rueben or Ruebeun alot most often by family members to which is very annoying especially on social media where everyone sees and I can discreetly correct them (ie "yes thank you Reuben loves it") he is 7 and it's never worked so far they do it all the time tbh

A sandwich? Hahaha. Please elaborate

Slightly biased as I have a Reuben - not so popular down here (SE/Central) I really struggled with boys names and a friend suggested it and I loved it immediately. No others in his school or our social circle.
We do have the odd family member who mis-spells (Rueben) but generally no issues.
Roobs and RoobyDoo are the 2 nicknames family call him but to everyone else he's Reuben 😊

@pixiebex86 it's a type of sandwich in the US. Some sort of rye and pastrami type thing I think

Oohh really. I'm in the UK, not something we have here

We call my rueben, Roo, Roobiedoobie, roobs, roobarb

The sandwich is named after a Reuben though. I mean the actual word Sandwich is named after Lord Sandwich and doesn't sound silly.

Fab name! I have one, he’s 8. I know about 875377 small children and have only come across one other and he’s a Rubin whereas mine is Reuben. My Reuben is amazing and definitely a VERY strong personality!

Yes same here very strong personality 😂

I like it! Great name.

Super popular
I'm uncultured and it reminds me of the sandwich

my all time favourite name. never got to use it as had one boy whose name had to follow a family tradition

The biblical meaning of rueben is 'behold, a son' which i think is lovely

I have one, amazing strong but gentle biblical name.

The correct spelling is Reuben, Ruben a spanish spelling, Rueben a misspelling.

So far DS has had Rueban, Reuben, Rueben and Rubin.... just be prepared for it!

Rueben does seem to be the most common misspelling.

Rueben is the German word for Turnips!

I love those Old Testament Jewish names although some like Noah and Jonah have been overused. Seth, Jesse, Caleb and Elijah all sound strong

Mentioned Reuben as a possibility to my MIL and she kept saying Ray Ban. She’s completely put me off it now!