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[boybychemistry.livejournal.com]

Do you know any other name besides Reuben, Benjamin and Benedict that can have Ben as a nickname?
Any language is fine. Thank you!

(Also, do you pronounce Reuben ROO-ben or REH-oo-ben? And is Ben as common as I've read? )

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[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of Ben as a nickname for Reuben (which I have never heard pronounced any other way but roo-bin) - I've known a few Reubens and all have gone by "Rube" for short.

Ben is common off of Benjamin, though, which is common.


I'm reading a book right now (one of my favorites) where the main character is Benjamina and she's called Ben, lol.

[abandoneddream.livejournal.com]

Bennett, Benson, Benton...

I pronounce Reuben like Roo-ben.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Roo-ben.

Other names (not so common):
Bennett
Benson

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I used to know a guy named Benton who went by Ben (but he HATED Benton). I really like Bennett myself, more than Benjamin actually.

The one Reuben I knew was ROO-ben, no nn.

[blissurrenderd.livejournal.com]

I also love Bennett (could it be because of my grandma's hot neighbor, ;)?) and have only heard Roo-ben.

[scouty.livejournal.com]

BENCE m Hungarian
BENDIKS m Latvian
BENDT m Danish
BENEDEK m Hungarian
BENEDETTA f Italian
BENEDETTO m Italian
BENEDICT m English
BENEDICTA f Late Roman
BÉNÉDICTE f French
BENEDIKT m German, Russian
BENEDIKTA f German, Czech
BENEDIKTE f Danish, Norwegian
BENEDITA f Portuguese
BENEDITO m Portuguese
BENEDYKT m Polish
BENEDYKTA f Polish
BENESH m Yiddish
BENGT m Swedish
BENGTA f Swedish
BENIAMIN m Romanian
BENIAMINO m Italian
BENITA f Spanish
BENITO m Spanish, Italian
BENJ m English
BENJAMIM m Portuguese
BENJÁMIN m Hungarian
BENJAMÍN m Spanish
BENJAMIN m English, French, German, Biblical
BENJAMINE f French
BENJI m English
BENJY m English
BENNETT m English
BENNIE m English
BENNY m English
BENOIT m French
BENOITE f French
BENSON m English
BENT m Danish
BENTE f Danish
BENTO m Portuguese
BETTINA (2) f Italian
BETTINO m Italian
BIEITO m Galician
BINYAMIN m Jewish
PENI m Hawaiian
PENTTI m Finnish
VENIAMIN m Russian
VENYAMIN m Russian

[naturalgoddess.livejournal.com]

Roo-ben

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

Benedict
Bennett
Benno
Benton
Benito
Benji
Ebenezer

[smileygoldfish.livejournal.com]

Maybe Robin?

But I normally think of that as a girl's name

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Roo-ben. Never reh-oo-ben. Do you just not know how to pronounce it or do you actually know someone who pronounces it that way??

Bently?

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i have a friend named benning.

[lacuna.livejournal.com]

Not an answer, but I just wanted to say how much I like Reuben, Benedict and Benjamin (the first two especially) and I love 'Ben'.

[boybychemistry.livejournal.com]

Reh-oo-ben is the hebrew pronounciation actually! I've always heard it that way, but listening to a song a while ago I heard it pronounced roo-ben (while the lyrics said Reuben) and I got confused because I thought that even english-speaking people said reh-oo-ben.

So... I guess the pronounciation depends on the knowledge of hebrew/judaism of the person who reads :P

Is Bently M, F or both?