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Simon (given name)

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Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
"listen"

Word/name
  
The Bible

Popularity
  
see popular names

Simon (given name)

Name day
  
January 5 (Hungary) May 3 (Greece) October 23 (France) October 28 (Germany, Hungary, Sweden)

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

  • Ancient Greek: Σίμων (Simon). This name appears in Greek mythology as one of the Telchines. In Greek means "flat-nosed".
  • Albanian: Simon, Simeon
  • Amharic: ስምዖን, Smeon
  • Arabic: سِمْعَان (Simʻān), شَمْعُون (Šamʻūn)
  • Aramaic (old): Šimʻōn (Shim'on)
  • Aramaic (middle and modern): ܫܡܥܘܢ (Šëmʻūn, Shem'un), (Sëmʻān, Semaan)
  • Aragonese: Simón
  • Azerbaijani: Şımon
  • Basque: Simon or, sometimes, Ximun
  • Belarusian: Сымон (Symon), Сямён (Sjamyon)
  • Bengali: সাইমন (Sā'imana)
  • Bulgarian: Симеон (Simeon)
  • Catalan: Simó
  • Chinese Simplified: 西蒙 (Xīméng), 西门 (Xīmén)
  • Chinese Traditional: 西蒙 (Xīméng), 西門 (Xīmén)
  • Croatian: Šimun
  • Czech: Šimon
  • Danish: Simon
  • Dutch: Simon, Simeon, Siem
  • English: Simon
  • Esperanto: Simono
  • Estonian: Siimon, Siim, Simon, Siimeon
  • Faroese: Símun, Símin, Simona, Mona
  • Finnish: Simo, Simon
  • French: Simon
  • Galician: Simón
  • Georgian: სჳმეონ (Swimeon), სჳმონ (Swimon), სიმონ (Simon)
  • German: Simon
  • Greek: Συμεών (Symeon), Συμεώνος (Symeonos)
  • Gujarati: સિમોન (Simōna)
  • Hebrew: שמעון (Šimʻōn, Shimeon, Shimon)
  • Hindi: साइमन (Sā'imana)
  • Hmong: Ximoos
  • Hungarian: Semjén, Simon
  • Icelandic: Símon
  • Indonesian: Simon
  • Irish: Síomón
  • Italian: Simone
  • Japanese: サイモン (Saimon), シメオン（Simeon）
  • Kannada: ಸೈಮನ್ (Saiman)
  • Korean: 사이먼 (Saimon, Saimeon), 시몬 (Simon)
  • Latin: Simeonus, Simonis, Symeon
  • Latvian: Sīmanis, Sīmans, Simons
  • Lithuanian: Simonas, Šymonas
  • Macedonian: Симон (Simon), Симеон (Simeon)
  • Malayalam: ശിമയോൻ (Shimayon), സീമോൻ (Simon)
  • Maltese: Xmun
  • Maori: Haimona
  • Marathi: सायमन (Sāyamana)
  • Mongolian: Симон (Simon)
  • Nepali: सिमोन (Simōna)
  • Norwegian: Simon, Simen
  • Occitan: Simon
  • Persian: شمعون
  • Polish: Szymon
  • Portuguese: Simão
  • Prekmurje dialect of Slovene: Šimon
  • Punjabi: ਸ਼ਮਊਨ (Śama'ūna)
  • Quechua: Simun
  • Romanian: Simion
  • Russian: Симон (Simon), Семён (Semyon), Саймон (Saymon)
  • Scottish Gaelic: Sim
  • Serbian: Симон (Simon), Симеон (Simeon), Симеун (Simeun), Симо (Simo)
  • Slovak: Simon, Šimon
  • Slovene: Simon
  • Spanish: Simón, Jimeno
  • Swahili: Simoni
  • Swedish: Simon
  • Syriac: Shemod, Shimeon
  • Tamil: சைமன் (Caimaṉ)
  • Telugu:సైమన్ (Saiman)
  • Thai: ไซมอน (Sị mxn)
  • Ukrainian: Семен (Semen), Симон (Symon), Саймон (Saymon)
  • Urdu: سائمن
  • Vietnamese: Sỹ Minh, Xi Mông
  • Welsh: Simwnt, Seimon
  • Turkish : şimon
  • Yiddish: שמעון

    • List of people with the given name Simon

  • Simon Amstell (born 1979), English television presenter
  • Simon Arkell (born 1966), Australian pole vaulter
  • Simón de Arocha (1731–1796) Texan politician
  • Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208–1265) Leader of the barons against Henry III
  • Simon Baker (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Simon Barere (1896–1951), Russian-born American pianist
  • Simon bar Giora, (died 70 CE), Judean leader in the First Jewish-Roman War
  • Simon bar Kokhba
  • Simon Berman (1861–1934), Dutch mayor
  • Simon of Bet-Parsaje (died 339), Christian martyred with Mana of Bet-Parsaje
  • Simon of Bet-Titta (died 447), Christian martyr
  • Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), Latin American military and political leader
  • Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (born 1937), Bulgarian monarch and politician
  • Simon Callow (born 1949), British actor
  • Simon Cowell (born 1959), British-English television personality
  • Simon Dahl (born 1975), Swedish beach volleyball player
  • Simon Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Simon Deutz (1802-1852), German-born French courtier.
  • Simon Farine (born 1987), Canadian basketball player
  • Simon Gallup (born 1960), bassist in English rock band The Cure
  • Simon Harris (born 1962), British music producer
  • Simeon the Holy Fool (died ca. 570), Christian monk
  • Simon Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Simon Kuper (born 1969), British author
  • Simon Lane (born 1978), British Comedian and Youtuber
  • Simon Le Bon (1958), lead singer of English band Duran Duran
  • Simon Magalashvili (1968), Israeli Olympic judoka
  • Simon Marcus (1986), kickboxer
  • Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1512), Russian Orthodox leader
  • Simon Mignolet (born 1988), Belgian football player
  • Simon Monjack (1970–2010), British filmmaker
  • Simon Neil (born 1979), Scottish guitarist and lead singer of Biffy Clyro
  • Simon Oakland (1928–1983), American actor
  • Simon Pegg (born 1970), English writer and actor
  • Simon of Peraea (died 4 BC), Jewish rebel mentioned by Josephus
  • Simon Psellus, Jewish priest
  • Simon H. Rifkind (1901–1995), American lawyer and judge
  • Simão Sabrosa (born 1979), Portuguese footballer
  • Simone Antonio Saint-Bon (1823–1892), Italian admiral
  • Simon Sjödin (born 1986), Swedish swimmer
  • Simon Shirley (born 1966), Australian decathlete
  • Simon Shnapir (born 1987), American Olympic medalist pair skater
  • Simon the Shoemaker (5th century BC), friend of Socrates
  • Simon Steel (born 1969), English cricketer
  • Simon Sudbury (died 1381) English Archbishop and Lord Chancellor
  • Simon the Tanner (10th century), Coptic saint
  • Simon Townsend (born 27 November 1945) Australian Children's show host and producer
  • Simon Tong (born 1972), English guitarist and keyboardist formerly of The Verve
  • Simon Trpčeski (born 1979), Macedonian pianist
  • Simon Vukčević (born 1986), Montenegrin footballer
  • Simon Cano Le Tiec (born 1996), Spanish film critic
  • Simon Webbe (born 1978), English singer from Blue
  • Simon Weston OBE (born 1961), British army veteran who suffered severe burn injuries during the Falklands War
  • Simon Wiesenthal (1908–2005), Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter
  • Simon of Worcester (died 1150), English Bishop of Worcester

    • Biblical characters

  • Simeon (Hebrew Bible), second son of Jacob and Leah
  • Simon Maccabaeus (died 135 BC), brother of Judas Maccabeus and ruler of Judea
  • Simon Peter, better known as Saint Peter, one of the Twelve Apostles
  • Simon the Zealot (also called Simon the Canaanite), another of the Twelve Apostles
  • Simon the Leper, resident of Bethany visited by Jesus
  • Simon of Cyrene, man forced to carry Jesus' cross
  • Simon Magus, magician confronted by Saint Peter and namesake of the term "simony"
  • Simon (brother of Jesus)

    • Fictional characters

  • Simon Seville, of the fictional animated characters Alvin and the Chipmunks
  • Simon Adebisi, a sadistic Nigerian inmate in the HBO drama Oz
  • Simon Bar Sinister, main antagonist in the television cartoon Underdog
  • Simon Belmont, hero of the video game Castlevania
  • Simon Camden, one of the main characters of television drama 7th Heaven
  • Simon de Belleme, a baron and evil sorcerer in the television series Robin of Sherwood
  • Simon Grace, one of the main characters of The Spiderwick Chronicles, by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
  • Simon Gruber, antagonist in Die Hard with a Vengeance
  • Simon Lewis, one of the protagonists in The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
  • Simon Illyan, chief of security in the Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • Simon McKay, genius inventor played by David Rappaport on the CBS television series The Wizard.
  • Simon Petrikov, more commonly known as the Ice King, a character in the animated television series Adventure Time
  • Simon Phoenix, fictional criminal in the 1993 film Demolition Man
  • Simon Sinestrari, protagonist of the 1971 film Simon, King of the Witches
  • Simon Tam, fictional character from the television series Firefly
  • Simon Templar, main character of Leslie Charteris' The Saint novels
  • Simon (Gurren Lagann), protagonist of the anime series Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
  • Simon (Lord of the Flies), character in Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
  • Simon (Trollz), main villain in the television series Trollz
  • Simon, a child in the British television programme Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
  • Simon, a child in the Canadian television programme "The Secret Railroad"
  • Simon, an angel in the 1995 film The Prophecy
  • Simon Silver, one of the main characters of Red Lights
  • Simon Lynch, a 9-year-old autistic boy and one of the main characters in the film Mercury Rising
  • Simon Escher, a recurring villain in the espionage television series "Burn Notice"
  • Simon, a character from the animated band Prozzäk
  • Simon Snow, the main character in Rainbow Rowell's novel Carry On

    • References

    Simon (given name) Wikipedia
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