Rubinstein

🏷  Semitic hidden ruler pun spook name · name   —   by Gerry · Jul 2020 · 60 words

The name Rubinstein and its variant Ravenstein pun with רבן rbn raban for “lord” & “master” (a variant of Rabbi), and השתנה hštnh hi-shtanah for “disguising oneself” (see Stein).

Hebrew, Aramaic rbn = lord; h-štnh = disguised

רבן rbn : lord, master; chief, head man; abbot; scholar, teacher — Aramaic (CAL)

השתנה hštnh : Hith.: disguised himself, was changed, was different — Hebrew (Klein)

🏷  Semitic hidden ruler pun spook name · name