Simon

See also: simon, simón, ŝimon, Simón, Símon, and Šimon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן‎ (šimʿōn, “hearkening”). In Britain, confusion arose at an early date due to similarity with native Sigmund (Siegmund), and its Norman introduced variant, Simund. Doublet of Simeon.

Pronunciation

enPR: sīm'ən, IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪmən/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪmən

Proper noun

Simon (plural Simons)

Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 10:2–4, columns 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.
A male given name from Hebrew.
- 1996, Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 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.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 2016, Vanessa Knights, ‎Ian Biddle, Music, National Identity and the Politics of Location (page 52)
  Western musicians such as Peter Gabriel, Sting, Paul Simon and David Byrne

Related terms

Sim
Simcox
Simeon
Simmonds
Simmons
Simms
Simone
Simons
Simonson
simony
Simpson
Sims
Simson
Syme
Symes
Symonds
Symons

Translations

biblical characters

Amharic: ስሞኦን (səmoʾon), ስሞዖን (səmoʿon)
Arabic: سِمْعَان‎ m (simʕān), شَمْعُون‎ m (šamʕūn)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ‎ (šemʿun)
Bikol Central: Simon
Catalan: Simó (ca)
Cebuano: Simon
Chinese:
Cantonese: 西門／西门, 西门 (sai¹ mun⁴), 西滿／西满, 西满 (sai¹ mun⁵) (Catholic)
Hakka: 西門／西门, 西门 (Sî-mùn)
Mandarin: 西門／西门 (zh) (Xīmén), 西滿／西满 (Xīmǎn) (Catholic)
Min Nan: 西門／西门, 西门 (Se-bûn)
Danish: Simon
Estonian: Siimon
Faroese: Símun m
Finnish: Simon (fi)
French: Simon (fr)
German: Simon (de)
Greek:
Ancient: Σίμων m (Símōn)
Hawaiian: Simona
Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן‎ (he) m (shim'ón)
Hiligaynon: Simon
Ilocano: Simon
Indonesian: Simon
Irish: Síomón m
Italian: Simone (it)
Kapampangan: Simon
Kazakh: Шимон (Şimon)
Lithuanian: Simonas (lt) m
Maore Comorian: Simoni
Maori: Haimona
Northern Sami: Simmon
Norwegian: Simon (no)
Persian: شمعون‎ (fa) (šam'un), سمعان‎ (sem'ân)
Portuguese: Simão (pt) m
Russian: Симо́н (ru) m (Simón), Симео́н (ru) m (Simeón), Семён (ru) m (Semjón), Шимо́н m (Šimón)
Spanish: Simón (es)
Swedish: Simon (sv)
Tagalog: Simon
Tigrinya: ስሞዖን (səmoʿon)
Ukrainian: Сімо́н (Simón), Семе́н m (Semén)
Vietnamese: Simon, Simôn
Waray-Waray: Simon

male given name

Amharic: ስሞኦን (səmoʾon), ስሞዖን (səmoʿon)
Arabic: سِمْعَان‎ m (simʕān), شَمْعُون‎ m (šamʕūn)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ‎ (šemʿun)
Armenian: Սիմոն (Simon)
Old Armenian: Սիմէոն (Simēon)
Basque: Ximon
Belarusian: Сямён m (Sjamjón)
Catalan: Simó (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西蒙 (Xīméng)
Czech: Šimon (cs)
Danish: Simon
Estonian: Siim
Faroese: Símun m
Finnish: Simo (fi)
French: Simon (fr)
Georgian: სიმონ (simon)
German: Simon (de)
Greek: Σίμωνας (el) (Símonas)
Greenlandic: Siimuut
Hawaiian: Kimona
Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן‎‎ (he) (Shim'ón)
Irish: Síomón m
Italian: Simone (it)
Japanese: サイモン (Saimon)
Lithuanian: Simonas (lt) m
Maltese: Xmun m
Maori: Haimona
Northern Sami: Simmon
Norwegian: Simon (no)
Occitan: Simon m
Persian: شمعون‎ (fa) (šam'un), سمعان‎ (sem'ân)
Polish: Szymon (pl) m
Portuguese: Simão (pt) m
Russian: Симо́н (ru) m (Simón), Семён (ru) m (Semjón), Са́ймон (ru) m (Sájmon)
Spanish: Simón (es)
Swedish: Simon (sv)
Tigrinya: ስሞዖን (səmoʿon)
Ukrainian: Семе́н m (Semén), Сімо́н m (Simón)

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Simon is the 397^th 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.

Anagrams

Minos, minos, omnis

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Simon. Also from Spanish Simón.

Proper noun

Simon

a male given name from English
(biblical) Simon

Danish

Proper noun

Simon

Simon (biblical figure)
a male given name

Related terms

(female given name) Simone
(surname) 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.

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן‎ (šimʿōn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsimon/, [ˈs̠imo̞n]
Rhymes: -imon
Syllabification^(key): Si‧mon

Proper noun

Simon

Simon (biblical figure)

Declension

Inflection of Simon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Simon	—
genitive		Simonin	—
partitive		Simonia	—
illative		Simoniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Simon	—
accusative	nom.	Simon	—
accusative	gen.	Simonin	—
genitive		Simonin	—
partitive		Simonia	—
inessive		Simonissa	—
elative		Simonista	—
illative		Simoniin	—
adessive		Simonilla	—
ablative		Simonilta	—
allative		Simonille	—
essive		Simonina	—
translative		Simoniksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Simonitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Simon (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Simonini	Simonimme
2nd person	Simonisi	Simoninne
3rd person	Simoninsa

Related terms

Simo

Proper noun

Simon

genitive singular of Simo

Anagrams

somin

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /si.mɔ̃/

Proper noun

Simon m

Simon (biblical figure)
a male given name
a surname originating as a patronymic

Derived terms

surname

Simonard
Simondet
Simone
Simoneau
Simoneaux
Simonet
Simonett
Simonin
Simonne
Simonneau
Simonneaux
Simonnet
Simonnett

Related terms

(feminine form): Simone

Anagrams

moins

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈziːmɔn/
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Simon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Simons)

Simon (biblical figure)
a male given name

Proper noun

Simon m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Simons or (with an article) Simon, feminine genitive Simon, plural Simons)

a surname originating as a patronymic

Derived terms

Simone f

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʃimon]
Hyphenation: Si‧mon
Rhymes: -on

Proper noun

Simon

a male given name

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Simon	Simonok
accusative	Simont	Simonokat
dative	Simonnak	Simonoknak
instrumental	Simonnal	Simonokkal
causal-final	Simonért	Simonokért
translative	Simonná	Simonokká
terminative	Simonig	Simonokig
essive-formal	Simonként	Simonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Simonban	Simonokban
superessive	Simonon	Simonokon
adessive	Simonnál	Simonoknál
illative	Simonba	Simonokba
sublative	Simonra	Simonokra
allative	Simonhoz	Simonokhoz
elative	Simonból	Simonokból
delative	Simonról	Simonokról
ablative	Simontól	Simonoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Simoné	Simonoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Simonéi	Simonokéi

Possessive forms of Simon
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Simonom	Simonjaim
2nd person sing.	Simonod	Simonjaid
3rd person sing.	Simonja	Simonjai
1st person plural	Simonunk	Simonjaink
2nd person plural	Simonotok	Simonjaitok
3rd person plural	Simonjuk	Simonjaik

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), itself from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן‎ (Šimʿōn)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mon/, [ˈs̠ɪmɔn]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mon/, [ˈsiːmon]

Proper noun

Simon m sg (genitive Simōnis); third declension

A Christian male given name from Biblical Hebrew

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Simon
Genitive	Simōnis
Dative	Simōnī
Accusative	Simōnem
Ablative	Simōne
Vocative	Simon

Descendants

→ Italian: Simone

Norwegian

Proper noun

Simon

Simon (biblical figure)
a male given name

Related terms

Simen

Swedish

Proper noun

Simon c (genitive Simons)

Simon (biblical figure)
a male given name

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Latin Simon. Cognate with English Simon.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [si˧˧ mɔn˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂɪj˧˧ mɔŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂɪj˧˧ mɔŋ˧˧] ~ [sɪj˧˧ mɔŋ˧˧]
Phonetic: si mon

Proper noun

Simon

(Roman Catholicism) Simon

Synonyms

Simôn