Reuben

Where Reuben comes from

* From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén), from רְאוּ (r'ú, “see [masculine plural imperative]”) + בֵּן (ben, “son”); its literal meaning is therefore roughly, "See, all: a son!" * There are several unconfirmed etymologies for the name of the sandwich.
— Wiktionary's entry for Reuben
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Reuben through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #147 among boys with 92 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1914
    Reuben Fine born
    American chess player and psychologist
  3. 1979
    Reuben Kosgei born
    Kenyan athletics competitor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Reuben Fine · American chess player and psychologist, 1914–1993
  • Reuben Kosgei · Kenyan athletics competitor, born 1979
  • Reuben Gabriel · Nigerian footballer, born 1990
  • Reuben Goodstein · British mathematician, 1912–1985
  • Reuben Chapman · American politician, 1799–1882

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.