| ![Show Contents]() Rubens Surname History
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Israel
Etymology of RubensWhat does the name Rubens mean? Jewish hereditary surnames were adopted from a variety of different sources. The surname Rubens is a patronymic surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. The surname Rubens comes from the first name Reuven or Reuben. However, in German the word Rubin means 'ruby,' so could also have been for some families an ornamental name. Ornamental surnames are names that are not necessarily related to the localities, occupations, nicknames or given names of the first people who used the name. They are typically Ashkenazic in origin. Rubens Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Rubinik, Rubinus, Rubinig, Rubinick, Rubinich, Rübin, Rubin, Rubins, Ruben, Rubens, Rubein, Rubinfeld, Rubenthal, Rubinstein and many more.
| Rubens migration to the United States | + |
Rubens Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- F H Rubens, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Rubens (post 1700) | + |
- Shannon De Rubens, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 2008 2
- Alma Rubens (1897-1931), American silent film actress and stage performer
- Heinrich Rubens (1865-1922), German physicist
- Shona Rubens (b. 1986), Australian born Canadian Olympic skier
- Bernice Rubens (1928-2004), Booker Prize-winning Welsh novelist
- Paul Rubens (1875-1917), English songwriter and librettist
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Flemish painter
- Michael Rubens Bloomberg (b. 1942), American politician, 108th Mayor of New York City and winner of the 2009 Lasker Award for public service
- Michael Rubens Bloomberg (b. 1942), American Republican politician, Mayor of New York City, New York, 2002- 3
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2017, April 12) Shannon Rubens. Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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