THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Reuben
Reuben is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Reuben Canoy, Reuben Uy. This snapshot links the name to 2 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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English
- /ˈɹuː.bən/Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈɹu.bən/General-American
Reu · ben2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
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.
A male given name from Hebrew.
Wiktionary: Reuben (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Reuben
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Reuben Canoy
Filipino politician (1929–2022)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
3
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Reuben Canoy, Reuben Uy
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Reuben in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Reuben
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Ruben♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Rubén♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Benben♂Short form of Benjamin and Benedict
- Luben·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Melben·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Renen·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Renren♂Short form of Rainer
- Reuby·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Reuben?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Reuben further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q18325890 — Reuben (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Reuben Canoy (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18325890 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Reuben Uy (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18325890 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Reuben (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.