Ruben

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Male Male Name

Usage

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

Origin and Meaning

Latin form of Ρουβην (Rouben), a Greek form of the Hebrew name רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven) meaning 'renewer' [1] or 'behold, a son' [2] [3] [1]

Related Names

     
Beeni ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ruben ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Sami Swedish
Rupe ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Rupu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ruupe ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ruupeni ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ruuppo ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

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

Sweden: 1802 [1]

Bible

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

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 2206 2912
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 1588 3661
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 n.a. 943 n.a
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 n.a 1420
  #: 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[5][6][4][7]:Name statistics for Ruben(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[4]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Ruben(m)


Sources: [5] [6] [4] [7]

References

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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