Ruben

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Reuben.
  2. 2
    A surname originating as a patronymic.

Example

More examples

"And Ruben going out in the time of the wheat harvest into the field, found mandrakes, which he brought to his mother Lia. And Rachel said: Give me part of thy son's mandrakes."

Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

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