English
Reuven
Reuven comes from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן.
- Hebrew1880s–presentרְאוּבֵן
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Reuven
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentרְאוּבֵן
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Reuven
Earliest quotation: 2024, David Golinkin, Does Jewish Law Require Yeshivah Students To Be Drafted At A: “After the conquest of lands east of the Jordan…”
Linked words
through Proto-Semitic *bin- ‘son’
Today it means
name A male given name from Hebrew.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew רְאוּבֵן / Reuven