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Rube

What does Rube mean?

Rube Pronunciation of Rube as a boys' name is of Hebrew and Spanish derivation, and the name Rube means "see, a son". Rube is a variant form of Reuben (Hebrew): from the original variant spelling Reuven. Rube is also a form of Ruben (Spanish).

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Variations

RELATED FORMS VIA REUBEN, RUBEN Reuban, Reubin, Reuven, Rubi, Rubin, Rubino, Ruby

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Rube Lochlan (R.L.), ..

How popular is Rube?

Rube is an unusual given name for men but a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#72237 out of 150436, Top 48%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Rube reached its highest position of #667 in the U.S. in the 1880s, but is not in the Top 1000 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Rube name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Rube outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Reuben (#927 LAST YEAR), Reubin, Ruben (#415), Rubin and Ruby are the popular varying forms of Rube rated in the Top 2000. These forms of Rube were favored in the 1900s (AVERAGE #678) and have become significantly less conventional since (#1557, 59.7%), with versions such as Ruben becoming less trendy.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Rube, Reuben, Reubin, Ruben, Rubin, Ruby in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Reuben, Ruben outside U.S.

Similar Names

Rube is alike in pronunciation to Rab, Rob and Robb. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Abbe, Abe, Aube, Cabe, Cobe, Ebbe, Fabe, Gabe, Hube, Jobe, Kobe, Rabee, Rabi, Rae, Rafe, Rane, Raye, Rene, Reve, Rice, Rike, Robi, Roe, Rome, Rowe, Rubio, Rudd, Rudee, Rudey, Rudi, Rudie, Rudy, Ruel, Rugby, Rune, Rurek, Rush, Russ, Ruy, Rye, Ryne and Tobe. These names tend to be more commonly used than Rube.

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