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I adore the name Reuben and it is definitely at the top of my list for boys names.

Reuben is a rough, tough masculine name. I like it!

Me too.

I like the spelling Rubin better.

I think Reuben sounds like a farmer's name. And at carnivals, whenever a fight breaks out, carny people yell "Hey Rube!"

I always think of the sandwich.

There's a song that goes "Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking, What a nice world this would be, If the boys were all transported far beyond the northern sea!" Then sing "Rachel, Rachel, I've been thinking, What a nice world this would be, If the girls were all transported far beyond the northern sea!"

I like the name Reuben; it sounds really sweet yet strong at the same time. I'm just afraid to use it because I'm not sure if people will associate the name too much with the sandwich.

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Nicknames for Reuben

Rube
Roo
Rooster
Ben
Benny

Meanings and history of the name Reuben

Reuben means, "See, a son" in Hebrew. The biblical Reuben was given this name by his mother, Leah, to show that although she was the less favored wife, she had accomplished what her sister Rachel could not.

Reuben is also a sandwich of corned beef, sauerkraut and Swiss cheese, with Russian or Thousand Island dressing, on rye bread.

Famous real-life people named Reuben

Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob and Leah in the Old Testament.
Reuben Fine, American chess champion
Reuben Lucius "Rube" Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer and inventor
Reuben Fenton, governor of New York
Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby champion

Reuben in song, story & screen

"Reuben James", song by Kenny Rogers
"Reuben, Reuben", 1980s film starring Tom Conti and Kelly McGillis
Reuben Kincaid, deadpan manager of the Partridge Family in the eponymous series, played by Dave Madden
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, the alcoholic U.S. Marshal in the novel True Grit (played by John Wayne in the 1969 movie version and by Jeff Bridges in the 2010 version).
The Reuben Awards are given for achievement in cartooning.
Reuben Bean in The Beans of Egypt, Maine