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Simon
Say it: SY-mun
Meaning
Greek form used for Hebrew Shim'on (Simeon, 'he has heard'); Simōn was also an existing Greek name meaning 'snub-nosed'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Common in medieval England and France and widely used in Europe today.
Its wave through time
Timeless: in steady use for over a century
In the United States
- 63,127 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 1,200 boys
- 1,390 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
Early ChristianHebrewEnglishAmericanFrenchSpanishItalianPortugueseGermanPolishMexicanCentral AmericanAndeanArgentineCaribbean
The family of the name
Other spellings: Symon
| French | Simon |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Simón |
| Italian | Simone |
| Portuguese | Simão |
| German | Simon |
| Polish | Szymon |
| Russian | Semyon |
| Hungarian | Simon |
Famous bearers
- Simon Peter, apostle
- Simon de Montfort, 13th-century English baron
- Simón Bolívar, South American liberator
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Parish baptism registers
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.