Reuben or Reuven is a Hebrew Bible male first name from Hebrew language רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob.
Variants include Reuvein in Yiddish or as an English variant spelling on the Hebrew original; Rúben in European Portuguese and Icelandic; Rubens in Brazilian Portuguese; Rubén in Spanish language and French language; Rubèn in Catalan language; Ruben in Dutch language, German language, Italian language, Indonesian, Polish language, Swedish language, Norwegian, Danish language, and Armenian; and Rupen/ Roupen in Western Armenian.
The form Ruben can also be a form of the name Robin, itself a variation of the Germanic name Robert, in several Celtic languages. It preserves the "u" sound from the name's first component "hruod" (compare Rory, the Irish language form of Roderick).
Mononym
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Ruben I, Prince of Armenia (1025/1035–1095), the first lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1080/1081/1082 to 1095, founder of Rubenid dynasty
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Ruben II, Prince of Armenia (c. 1165–1170), the seventh lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1169 to 1170
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Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (1145–1187), the ninth lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1175 to 1187
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Ruben (singer), Norwegian singer-songwriter Ruben Markussen (born 1995)
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Ruben (film editor), Indian film editor Livingston Antony Ruben (born 1986)
Given name
Reuben
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Reuben Agboola (born 1962), Nigerian football player
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Reuben Bennett (1913–1989), Scottish football player and coach
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Reuben Fatheree II (born 2002), American football player
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Reuben Fenton (1819–1885), American merchant and politician from New York
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Reuben Fine (1914–1993), American chess player and psychologist
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Reuben Fink (1889–1961), Ukrainian-American Yiddish writer
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Reuben Foster (born 1994), American football player
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Reuben Garrick (born 1997), Australian rugby league player
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Rube Goldberg (Reuben) (1883–1970), American cartoonist and creator of Rube Goldberg devices
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Reuben Hazell (born 1979), English football player
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Reuben James (c. 1776 – 1838), US Navy boatswain's mate
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Reuben Lowery (born 2002), American football player
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Reuben Mattus (1912–1994), Polish businessman
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Reuben Mednikoff (1906–1972), British surrealist artist
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Reuben Noble-Lazarus (born 1993), English football player
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Reuben Oppenheimer (1897–1982), justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals
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Reuben Partridge (1823–1900), American pioneer bridge builder
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Reuben Reid (born 1988), English football player
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Reuben Snake (1937–1993), Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) activist, educator, spiritual leader, and tribal leader
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Reuben Sturman (1924–1997), American pornographer and businessman from Ohio
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Reuben Thorne (born 1975), New Zealand rugby player
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Reuben Wu (born 1975), English photographer, director, music producer, member of the band Ladytron
Ruben
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Ruben Amorim (born 1985), Portuguese football manager
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Ruben Oskar Auervaara (1906–1964), Finnish thief and fraudster
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Ruben Bemelmans (born 1988), Belgian tennis player
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Ruben Cain, birth name of Robert Gibson (wrestler) (born 1958), American professional wrestler
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Ruben Darbinyan (1883–1968), Armenian politician and activist and government minister during the First Republic of Armenia
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Ruben Douglas (born 1979), Panamanian basketball player
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Ruben Enaje, Filipino carpenter and sign painter, known for being voluntarily crucified annually on Good Friday
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Ruben Fleischer (born 1974), American film director and producer
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Ruben Gabrielsen (born 1992), Norwegian football player
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Ruben Gallego (born 1979), American politician
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Ruben Houkes (born 1979), Dutch judoka
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Ruben Hyppolite II (born 2001), American football player
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Ruben Kihuen (born 1980), American politician
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Ruben Kun (1942–2014), President of Nauru (1996–1997)
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Ruben Lagus (1896–1959), Finnish general, one of the principal commanders of Lapland War
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Ruben Loftus-Cheek (born 1996), English football player
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Ruben Markussen (born 1995), aka Ruben (singer), Norwegian singer-songwriter
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Ruben Nicolai (born 1975), Dutch television presenter and comedian
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Ruben Nirvi (1905–1986), Finnish linguist and professor
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Ruben Östlund (born 1974), Swedish film director, producer and screenplay writer
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Ruben Rausing (1895–1983), founder of the food packaging company Tetra Pak
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Ruben Sevak, or Rupen Sevag, real name Ruben Çilingiryan (1886–1915), Ottoman Armenian poet, prose-writer, and doctor, killed by Turkish authorities during the Armenian Genocide
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Ruben Studdard (born 1978), American singer, winner of American Idol season 2
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Ruben Trumpelmann (born 1998), South African-born Namibian cricketer
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Ruben Vargas (born 1998), Swiss football player
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Ruben Wiki (born 1973), New Zealand rugby player
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Ruben Yesayan (1946–2026), Russian-Armenian test pilot
Rubén/Rúben
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Rubén Aguiar (born 1956), Argentine long-distance runner
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Rubén Albarrán (born 1967), Mexican singer-songwriter, member of Café Tacuba
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Ruben de Almeida Barbeiro (born 1987), real name of Portuguese electro house music DJ and producer KURA
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Rubén Amaro Jr. (born 1965), American baseball player, manager, and coach
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Rubén Ardila (1942–2025), Colombian psychologist
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Rubén Baraja (born 1975), Spanish football manager
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Rubén Bareiro Saguier (1930–2014), Paraguayan poet and writer
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Rubén Blades (born 1948), Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, actor, Latin jazz musician and activist
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Rubén Blanco (born 1995), Spanish professional footballer
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Rubén Callisaya (born 1961), Bolivian politician
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Rubén Castro (born 1981), Spanish football player
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Rubén Daray (born 1950), Argentine racing driver
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Rubén Darío (1867–1916), Nicaraguan poet
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Rubén de la Red (born 1985), Spanish football manager
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Rúben Dias (born 1997), Portuguese football player
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Rubén Duarte (born 1995), Spanish football player
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Rubén Espinoza (born 1961), Chilean football player
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Rubén Limardo (born 1985), Venezuelan fencer
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Rubén Maza (born 1967), Venezuelan long-distance runner
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Rubén Iván Martínez (born 1984), Spanish football player
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Rúben Neves (born 1997), Portuguese football player
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Rubén Ochandiano (born 1980), Spanish actor and director
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Rubén Rangel (born 1977), Venezuelan road racing cyclist
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Rubén Alonso Rosales (1925–2000), Salvadorian politician
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Rúben Semedo (born 1994), Portuguese football player
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Rubén Sobrino (born 1992), Spanish football player
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Rubén Sosa (born 1966), Uruguayan football player
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Rubén Tejada (born 1989), Panamanian baseball player
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Rúben Vinagre (born 1999), Portuguese football player
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Rubén Xaus (born 1978), Spanish motorcycle racer
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Rubén Yáñez (born 1993), Spanish football player
Rueben
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Rueben Bain Jr. (born 2004), American football player
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Rueben Mayes (born 1963), Canadian former American football player
Surname
Reuben
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David and Simon Reuben, billionaire entrepreneurs in the UK
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David Reuben (author) (born 1933), American author and psychiatrist
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Gloria Reuben (born 1964), Canadian-American actress
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John Reuben (born John Reuben Zappin in 1979), American Christian hip-hop artist
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Julie Reuben (born 1960), historian interested in the role of education in American society and culture
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Scott Reuben (born 1958), disgraced American anesthesiologist and professor
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Stewart Reuben (1939–2025), British chess player, chess arbiter, and poker author
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William A. Reuben (1915 or 1916 – 2004), American journalist noted for his work on the cases of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and of Alger Hiss
Ruben
Rueben
Fictional characters
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Reuben ( Lilo & Stitch), also known as Experiment 625, a character in the Lilo & Stitch franchise
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Reuben ( Final Fantasy), a character from Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
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Reuben, a Minecraft pig from
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Reuben Kincaid, the Partridge Family's manager
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Ruben Lozano, a crime lord antagonist in Red vs. Blue Season 14
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Ruben "Ruvik" Victoriano, main antagonist ( The Evil Within)
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Reuben Price, "Captain Price", a bounty hunter antagonist in Just Roll With It
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Reuben Tishkoff, bank rolls con in “Ocean’s 11”
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Ruben ( Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage), fictional character
See also
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Rube
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Reubens (disambiguation)
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Reuven (name)
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Rubens (disambiguation)
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Rubin (disambiguation)
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Rupen (disambiguation)
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Roupen, a list of people with the given name
