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Simon
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simon simón ŝimon Simón Símon Šimon
English
Etymology
en name :inh enm:Simon<id:name>
From en enm Simon, enm Symond, enm Symounde, from en xno Simon, fro Simond, fro Simund, a conflation of two unrelated names: one from en la Simon, from en grc-koi Σίμων, strictly from en grc -likely grc σῑμός snub-nosedbut used for en hbo שִׁמְעוֹן šimʿōn, en Simeon 1; the other from en non Sigmundr or en ang Siġemund, both from en gem-pro *Sigimunduz Protector of victory, whence also en Sigmund and en Siegmund.
Pronunciation
sīm'ən, en /ˈsaɪmən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Simon.wav Southern England
en aɪmən 2
Proper noun
s
Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
Matthew 10 2 4 1229 2–1 Now the names of the twelue Apoſtles are theſe: The firſt, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, Iames the ſonne of Zebedee, and Iohn his brother: Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the Publicane, Iames the ſonne of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whoſe ſurname was Thaddeus: Simon the Canaanite, and Iudas Iſcariot, who alſo betrayed him.
en male Hebrew.
en 1996 w:Margaret Atwood Alias Grace Bloomsbury 0-7475-27873 379 His first name is Simon. I wonder why his mother named him that, or it may have been his father. My own father never bothered with the naming of us, it was up to Mother and Aunt Pauline. There is Simon Peter the Apostle, of course, who was made a fisher of men by our Lord. But there is also Simple Simon. Met a pie man, going to the fair.
en patronymics.
en 2016 Vanessa Knights; Ian Biddle Music, National Identity and the Politics of Location 52 Western musicians such as Peter Gabriel, Sting, Paul Simon and David Byrne
Derived terms
en Saint Simons Island Simon plum Simonian Simonite simonkolleite Simonstown Simon says
Related terms
en Sim Simes Simcock Simcox Simeon Simkin Simkins Simpkin Simpkins Simkinson Simonds Simmonds Simmons Simms Simone Simons Simonson simony Simpson Sims Simson Syme Symes Symonds Symons Sinkins Sinkinson Sincox
Translations
biblical characters
Amharic: am ስሞኦን, am ስሞዖን
Arabic: ar سِمْعَان m, ar شَمْعُون m
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܫܡܥܘܢ šemʿun
Bikol:
Central Bikol: bcl Simon
Catalan: ca Simó
Cebuano: ceb Simon
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 西門 sai1 mun4, yue 西滿 sai1 mun5 Catholic
Hakka: hak 西門 Sî-mùn
Hokkien: nan-hbl 西門 Se-bûn
Mandarin: cmn 西門 Xīmén, cmn 西滿 Xīmǎn Catholic
Comorian:
Maore Comorian: swb Simoni
Danish: da Simon
Estonian: et Siimon
Faroese: fo Símun m
Finnish: fi Simon
French: fr Simon
German: de Simon
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Σίμων m
Hawaiian: haw Simona
Hebrew: he שִׁמְעוֹן m shim'ón
Hiligaynon: hil Simon
Hindi: hi शमौन m
Ilocano: ilo Simon
Indonesian: id Simon
Irish: ga Síomón m
Italian: it Simone
Kapampangan: pam Simon
Kazakh: kk Шимон
Lithuanian: lt Simonas m
Māori: mi Haimona
Norwegian: no Simon
Persian: fa شمعون šam'un, fa سمعان sem'ân
Portuguese: pt Simão m
Russian: ru Симо́н m, ru Симео́н m, ru Семён m, ru Шимо́н m
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Simmon
Scottish Gaelic: gd Sìmon m
Spanish: es Simón
Swedish: sv Simon
Tagalog: tl Simon
Tigrinya: ti ስሞዖን
Ukrainian: uk Сімо́н, uk Семе́н m
Vietnamese: vi Simon, vi Simôn
Waray-Waray: war Simon
male given name
Amharic: am ስሞኦን, am ስሞዖን
Arabic: ar سِمْعَان m, ar شَمْعُون m
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܫܡܥܘܢ šemʿun
Armenian: hy Սիմոն
Old Armenian: xcl Սիմէոն
Basque: eu Ximon
Belarusian: be Сямён m
Catalan: ca Simó
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 西蒙 Xīméng, cmn 賽門 Sàimén
Czech: cs Šimon
Danish: da Simon
Estonian: et Siim
Faroese: fo Símun m
Finnish: fi Simo
French: fr Simon
Georgian: ka სიმონ
German: de Simon
Greek: el Σίμωνας, el Σίμων, el Σάιμον transliteration from English
Greenlandic: kl Siimuut
Hawaiian: haw Kimona
Hebrew: he שִׁמְעוֹן Shim'ón
Hindi: hi साइमन m
Ingrian: izh Semo
Irish: ga Síomón m
Italian: it Simone
Japanese: ja サイモン Saimon
Latin: la Simon
Lithuanian: lt Simonas m
Maltese: mt Xmun m
Māori: mi Haimona
Norwegian: no Simon
Occitan: oc Simon m
Old Nubian: onw ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ
Persian: fa شمعون šam'un, fa سمعان sem'ân
Polish: pl Szymon m
Portuguese: pt Simão m
Russian: ru Симо́н m, ru Семён m, ru Са́ймон m
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Simmon
Scottish Gaelic: gd Sìm m
Spanish: es Simón
Swedish: sv Simon
Tigrinya: ti ስሞዖን
Ukrainian: uk Семе́н m, uk Сімо́н m
Yakut: sah Сэмэн
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Simon is the 397th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 80,460 individuals. Simon is most common among White (65.09%) and Black (22.51%) individuals.
See also
en Peter
Noun
en simon sixpence coin.
9–10 10 I ovve Crop the Lender a Brace, and if I have a ſingle Simon to pay him, rot me:
Anagrams
en imnos Minos minos omnis
en Biblical characters
Albanian
Proper noun
m
sq male
Declension
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Simon. Also from ceb es Simón.
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb male English,Spanish
ceb biblical character en Simon
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
en Simon biblical figure
da male
Related terms
(female given name) da Simone
(surname) da Simonsen
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 551 males with the given name Simon have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
da Biblical characters
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From fi grc Σίμων, from fi hbo שִׁמְעוֹן šimʿōn.
Proper noun
Simon biblical figure
fi male
Declension
0 Simon a
Derived terms
fi compounds simoninhyppymyyrä
Related terms
fi Simo
Statistics
dvv_20250813 1312 499 314 1 9
Etymology 2
Proper noun
fi proper noun form
fi Simo gen s
References
Anagrams
fi imnos somin
fi Biblical characters
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Simon.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
Proper noun
m
en Simon biblical figure
fr male
fr patronymics
Derived terms
fr surname Simonne Simone Simoneau Simoneaux Simonneau Simonneaux Simonet Simonett Simonnet Simonnett Simonin Simondet Simonard
Related terms
feminine form fr Simone
Anagrams
fr moins
fr Biblical characters
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈziːmɔn/
de De-Simon.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
m
Simon biblical figure
de male
Proper noun
surname
de patronymics
Derived terms
de Simone f
de Biblical characters
Hungarian
hu:
Pronunciation
hu Si mon
hu on 2
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu male
Declension
Simono o -Simon j jai
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
From id la Simon, from id grc Σίμων, from id hbo שִׁמְעוֹן hearkening šimʿōn.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
id biblical en Simon: Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
la name :bor grc:Σῐ́μων<id:name>
Borrowed from la grc Σίμων, itself from la hbo שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʿōn
Pronunciation
Simōn
Proper noun
Simōn<3> m
la male a Christian Biblical Hebrew
Declension
Simōn<3>
Descendants
it Simone 1
Middle English
Etymology
enm name :bor la:Simon<id:name>
From enm la Simon, from enm grc Σίμων, from enm hbo שִׁמְעוֹן hearkening šimʿōn.
Pronunciation
enm
Proper noun
enm male
Descendants
en Simon
yol Zimoon 1
References
1
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
Simon biblical figure
no male
Related terms
no Simen
no Biblical characters
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Sìmon
Proper noun
Sìmon m-an
sh male
Declension
sh
Further reading
Slovene
sl:
Pronunciation
Sȋmon
Proper noun
Sȋmon m-an
sl male
Declension
Simon 1
Further reading
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Simon.wav
Proper noun
c
en Simon biblical figure
sv male
sv Biblical characters
Vietnamese
Etymology
From vi la Simon. Cognate with en Simon.
Pronunciation
Si-mon
Proper noun
vi Roman Catholicism en Simon
Synonyms
Simôn
vi Biblical characters