Given name
Rubena
“behold, a daughter!”·“behold, a son!”
Rubena is a feminine form of Reuben. One Hebrew interpretation is “behold, a son!.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hebrew use, Rubena carries the interpretation “behold, a daughter!.” Rubena is a feminine form of Reuben. One Hebrew interpretation is “behold, a son!.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Rubena is used as a feminine counterpart of Reuben.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rubena is a feminine form 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
Rubena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 182
- 0 boys · 182 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 13 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 girls is 5 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 199 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.
Rubena’s family of names
Rubena is a feminine form of Reuben. Rubena has a related form in Rubenia. Rubena has a related form in Reubena.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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