Means "behold, a son" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he is the eldest son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Reuben was cursed by his father because he slept with Jacob's concubine Bilhah. It has been used as a Christian name in Britain since the Protestant Reformation.
Additional information: The baby boy name Jayden is a modern name, perhaps a contemporary spelling variant of the Biblical, of Hebrew origin name Jadon, or form of the English name Jaden, maybe a variant of the English name Jade or even a compound name from Jacob and Aidan or from nickname Jay and Hayden.
jaidon. LANGUAGE FAMILY: afro-asiatic > semitic > central semitic > hebrew ORIGIN: hebrew NAME ROOT: YÂDÔN > JADON NATIVE NAME ROOT: YÂDÔN (יָדוֹן) MEANING: This is a Hebrew name "yâdôn > Jadon", meaning "grateful, thankful" (according to Strong's Concordance) or "He will judge".
