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Simeon
Say it: SIM-ee-un
Meaning
Hebrew Shim'on, from shama 'to hear', usually read as 'he has heard'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Common in the Orthodox world (Semyon in Russian) and used by English Protestants.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1880s
In the United States
- 8,580 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1880, about 1 in 4,800 boys
- 176 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Симеон
| French | Siméon |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Simeón |
| Italian | Simeone |
| Portuguese | Simeão |
| German | Simeon |
| Russian | Semyon |
| Hebrew | Shimon |
| Polish | Szymon |
Famous bearers
- Simeon, son of Jacob
- Simeon Stylites, 5th-century pillar saint
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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