Last name origins & meanings:
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): pet form of Reuben, or
possibly an ornamental adoption of Russian rubl ‘rouble’, the
Russian unit of currency.
- Americanized spelling of German
Rübal (see Rubel) or of Swiss German Reubel
the latter being from a Germanic personal name formed with
hrōd ‘renown’, for example Robert.
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