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Simone (given name)

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Name day
  
October 28

Meaning
  
"God had heard"

Word/name
  
Hebrew

Variant form(s)
  
Simona, Ximena, Jimena

Simone is a female/male given name derived from Simon, Hebrew Simeon, meaning "one who hears". It first appeared in Iberia from the 10th century, as Jimena, Ximena. Simone itself is the French spelling; it is sometimes spelled Simonne.

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Simone - pronounced see-MAW-ne - is also the Italian spelling of the male given name, Simon; the Italian feminine form is Simona.

At present, it is common in Portuguese.

The feminine form Simona is popular in Bulgaria, Italy, Macedonia and other Balkan and Slavic countries.

Jimena

  • Doña Jimena, mother of Bernardo del Carpio (8th century, legendary)
  • Jimena of Cea (10th century), wife of García Sánchez II of Pamplona (great-grandson of Jimeno II)
  • Jimena, daughter of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (11th century)
  • Jimena, daughter of Alfonso V of León (11th century)
  • Jimena (singer), (born 1980) Mexican singer
  • Jimena Díaz, wife of El Cid (11th century)
  • Jimena Elías (born 1989), Miss Peru
  • Jimena Munoz, mistress of Alfonso VI of León and Castile (11th century)
  • María Jimena Piccolo, (born 1985) Argentine TV actress

    • Simona

  • Simona de Silvestro (born 1988), Swiss race car driver
  • Simona Halep (born 1991), Romanian tennis player
  • Simona Koch (born 1968), German diver
  • Simona Orinska (born 1978), Latvian butoh artist
  • Simona Ventura (born 1965), Italian TV hostess

    • Simone

  • Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), French author and philosopher
  • Simone Beck (1904–1991), French cookbook author and cooking teacher
  • Simone Bendix (born 1967), Danish actress
  • Simone Biles (born 1997), American gymnast
  • Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Brazilian popular music (MPB) singer
  • Simone Bolelli (born 1985), Italian tennis player
  • Simone Cercato, Italian swimmer
  • Simone Denny, Canadian pop/dance vocalist
  • Simone Egeriis, Danish singer
  • Simone Elkeles (born 1970), American young-adult romance novelist
  • Simone Favaro, Italian rugby union player
  • Simone Gomes Jatobá, Brazilian footballer
  • Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
  • Simone Kennedy-Doornbos (born 1970), Dutch politician
  • Simone Kuhn (born 1980), Swiss beach volleyball player
  • Simone Laudehr (born 1986), German footballer
  • Simone Loria, Italian football (soccer) player
  • Simone Maludrottu, Italian boxer
  • Simone Manuel, American swimmer
  • Simone Martini, Italian painter
  • Simone Mathes (born 1975), German hammer thrower
  • Simone Melchior (1919–1990), wife and business partner of undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau
  • Simone Niggli-Luder (born 1978), Swiss Orienteering World Champion and three time Swiss Sportswoman of the Year
  • Simone de Oliveira, Portuguese singer and TV actress
  • Simone Perrotta, Italian footballer
  • Simona Richter (born 1972), Romanian judoka
  • Simona Rinieri (born 1977), Italian volleyball player
  • Simone Signoret (1921–1985), Jewish-French actress
  • Simone Simon (1910–2005), French film actress
  • Simone Simons (born 1985), Dutch mezzo-soprano singer
  • Simone Thust (born 1971), German race walker
  • Simone Vagnozzi (born 1983), Bolelli's Italian compatriot and tennis player
  • Simone Verdi, Italian footballer
  • Simone Vergassola, Italian footballer
  • Simone Weil (1909–1943), French philosopher and activist

    • Simonne

  • Simonne Lizotte, Canadian politician
  • Simonne Monet-Chartrand, Canadian social activist

    • Ximena

  • Ximena McGlashan (1893 – 1986), American entomologist
  • Ximena Huilipán (born 1986), Chilean-Mapuche model and actress
  • Ximena Sariñana (born 1985), Mexican singer and actress
  • Ximena Navarrete (born 1988), Mexican model and beauty queen

    • Fictional characters and pseudonyms

  • Simone, the pet dog in the The Partridge Family TV series
  • Simone Deveaux, fictional character on the TV show Heroes (2006–2007)
  • Simone, a fictional character on the 2002 film S1m0ne, played by Rachel Roberts
  • Simone Lenoir, a cartoon character from the 1998 film Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, voiced by Adrienne Barbeau
  • Simone Adamley, a student from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, portrayed by Kristy Swanson
  • Simone, Shane Botwin's school friend from Weeds, portrayed by Jillian Rose Reed (2008–2009)

    • References

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