Given name
Reubin
“behold, a son!”
Reubin is a variant of Reuben. One Hebrew interpretation is “behold, a son!.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Reubin is a variant of Reuben. One Hebrew interpretation is “behold, a son!.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Reubin is a variant of Reuben. An origin associated with Reuben is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Reubin is a variant of Reuben. The history of Reuben gives this family its wider story. Reuben appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Reubin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 636
- 636 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 203 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Reubin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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