Rube (ruubu) in Japanese

The name Rube in Japanese Katakana is ルウブ which in romaji is ruubu. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Rube in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is るうぶ.

How do you write Rube in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "ruubu" is 琉璃 (pronounced "ryuu-ri"), which means "lapis lazuli".

The western meaning of the name "Rube" is derived from the Germanic name "Hrodebert", which means "bright fame". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 良偉 (Ryōei), which is pronounced as "ryo-eh". The Kanji characters mean "good" and "great", respectively.

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