Gender Male Meaning "listen" | Word/name The Bible | |
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Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "listen." Some authors consider it a classical Greek name. Commentators on the New Testament question the origin of the name, assuming that it can be either a Hellenised form of the Hebrew Shim'on, or a real Greek name.
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Simon is one Latinised version of the Hebrew name Shimon, another one being Simeon or Symeon.
In other languages
List of people with the given name Simon
Biblical characters
Fictional characters
References
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