Simon (given name)
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St. Simon the Zealot, by Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1611), from his Twelve Apostles series at the Museo del Prado, Madrid
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| Gender | Male |
| Name day | January 5 (Hungary) May 3 (Greece) |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Genesis 29:33 |
| Meaning | "He(God) has heard" |
| Popularity | see popular names |
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Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "He (God) has heard." Some authors consider it a classical Greek name.[1] 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.[2]
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In other languages
- Ancient Greek: Σίμων (Simon). This name appears in Greek mythology as one of the Telchines. In Greek means "flat-nosed".[3][4][5]
- 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)
- Chinese Traditional: 西蒙 (Xīméng)
- Croatian: Šimun
- Czech: Šimon
- Danish: Simon
- Dutch: Simon, Simeon, Siem
- English: Simon
- Esperanto: Simono
- Estonian: Siimon, Siim, Simon, Simun
- 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)
- Kosovar: Sshimeoni
- 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
- Prekmurian: 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: 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 : Mişon
- 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 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 Marcus (1986), kickboxer
- Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1512), Russian Orthodox leader
- 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, 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 TV cartoon Underdog
- Simon Belmont, hero of the video game Castlevania
- Simon Camden, one of the main characters of TV drama 7th Heaven
- Simon de Belleme, a baron and evil sorcerer in the TV 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 TV series The Wizard.
- Simon Petrikov, more commonly known as the Ice King, a character in the animated TV 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 TV 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 TV series Trollz
- Simon, a child in the British TV programme Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
- Simon, a child in the Canadian TV 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 TV series "Burn Notice"
See also
Notes
- ↑ Barnett Paul, Jesus & the Rise of Early Christianity: A History of New Testament Times, InterVarsity Press, 2002, p. 232.
- ↑ Samuel Tobias Lachs, A Rabbinic Commentary on the New Testament: The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1987, p. 58.
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- ↑ Σίμων, σιμός. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
- ↑ Walter Burkert, Greek Religion, Harvard University Press, 1985, p. 182.
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