Rube - Meaning of Rube

What does Rube mean?

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Rube

[ 1 syll. ru-be, rub-e ] The baby girl name Rube is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced RUWB †. Rube is of English origin. Rube is a form of the English Ruby.

Rube is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Rube, Ruby was the most popular in 2018. Rube has in the last century been mainly given to boys.

Baby names that sound like Rube include Rave, Reb (English), Rev, Rhap, Rive, Rubí (Latin), Raba, Rabab (Arabic), Rabbah, Rabi, Rafa, Rafya (Hebrew), Rahab, Rahabb, Rahabe, Rapha, Raphae, Raphu, Ravonne, and Reba (English).

† English pronunciation for Rube: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)"