Meaning of name Ruben

The name Ruben has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Ruben is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 219 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Ruben fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 24 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 281 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Ruben in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Ruben is very likely a(n) Scandinavian variant of the name Reuben. See other suggested Scandinavian boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Reuben.

The following names are baby names related to Ruben and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Ruben: Boys - Ethan, Messiah, Oren, Semaj, Zeb, Zebediah, Girls - Amaris, Besse, Danita, Ivah, Jalisa, Natane, Nila, Orpha, Samantha, Samara, Sherryl, Both genders - Joseph

The name Ruben is a variant of Reuben. Other popular variants of the name Reuben are: Reuban, Reubin, Reuven (Hebrew), Reuvin, Rheuben, Rhuben, Rouben (European), Rouvin (Greek), Ruban, Rube (English), Rubean, Ruben (Scandinavian), Rubens, Rubey, Rubin, Rubino, Ruby, Rueban, Rueben, Ruebin, Ruven (European), Ruvim

We think the name Ruben should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Ruben to be: Intelligent and quiet

In one word, you might describe Ruben as a(n) "intelligent" person.

See other "intelligent" names for boys.