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Ruben

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Usage

Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Sami Sami
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Latin form of Ρουβην (Rouben), a Greek form of the Hebrew name רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven) meaning

1) 'behold, a son' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

2) 'renewer' [1] [7]

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See also Robel, Rubi, Rubin

For female forms see Rabea

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Ruben
Genitive: Rubens
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Ruben
Accusative: Ruben
Dative: Rubeni
Genitive: Rubens
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Ruben
Genitive: Rubenin
Partitive: Rubenia
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Ruben
Genitive: Rubens
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Ruben
Genitive: Rubens

Name Days

Norway Norway

28 November

Sami Sami

14 April

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

14 April

Sweden Sweden

17 May

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Bible

In the Old Testament, Ruben is the eldest son of Jakob and Lea

Namesakes

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[9]
2460 4714 0 7 2460 4707
Denmark Denmark[10]
1053
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 1053
n.a.
Finland Finland[11]
n.a.
 1856 0 0
n.a.
 1856
Iceland Iceland[12]
9 12
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[13]
6 11
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[14]
3179
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 3179
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Ruben (m) Sources: [9][10][14][11]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Ruben (m) Sources: [15]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Ruben (m)


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  3. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  8. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, census of 2011, http://www.stat.gl/
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  12. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  13. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  15. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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