Simon
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English
Etymology
From Middle English Simon, from Latin Simon, 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
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, 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
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
biblical characters
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male given name
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Simon is the 397th 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.
See also
Noun
Simon (plural Simons)
- Alternative letter-case form of simon (“sixpence coin”)
- 1721, [Colley] Cibber, The Refusal; or, The Ladies Philosophy: A Comedy. […], London: […] B[arnaby Bernard] Lintot, […]; W[illiam] Mears, […]; and W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […], →OCLC, Act I, pages 9–10:
- […] I ovve Crop the Lender a Brace, and if I have a ſingle Simon to pay him, rot me: […]
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
Proper noun
Simon
- a male given name from English or Spanish
- (biblical) Simon
Danish
Proper noun
Simon
- Simon (biblical figure)
- a male given name
Related terms
References
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn).
Proper noun
Simon
- Simon (biblical figure)
- a male given name
Declension
| Inflection of Simon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Simon | Simonit | |
| genitive | Simonin | Simonien Simoneiden Simoneitten | |
| partitive | Simonia | Simoneita Simoneja | |
| illative | Simoniin | Simoneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Simon | Simonit | |
| accusative | nom. | Simon | Simonit |
| gen. | Simonin | ||
| genitive | Simonin | Simonien Simoneiden Simoneitten | |
| partitive | Simonia | Simoneita Simoneja | |
| inessive | Simonissa | Simoneissa | |
| elative | Simonista | Simoneista | |
| illative | Simoniin | Simoneihin | |
| adessive | Simonilla | Simoneilla | |
| ablative | Simonilta | Simoneilta | |
| allative | Simonille | Simoneille | |
| essive | Simonina | Simoneina | |
| translative | Simoniksi | Simoneiksi | |
| abessive | Simonitta | Simoneitta | |
| instructive | — | Simonein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
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Related terms
Statistics
- Simon is the 312th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,290 male individuals (and as a middle name to 480 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 8 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Simon
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Simon m
- Simon (biblical figure)
- a male given name
- a surname originating as a patronymic
Derived terms
(surname):
Related terms
- (feminine form): Simone
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
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
Proper noun
Simon
- a male given name
Declension
| 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 |
| 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 |
Indonesian
Etymology
From Latin Simon, from Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn, “hearkening”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsimon/ [ˈsi.mon]
- Rhymes: -imon
- Syllabification: Si‧mon
Proper noun
Simon
Further reading
- “Simon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), itself from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (Šimʿōn)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsi.moːn/, [ˈs̠ɪmoːn] or IPA(key): /ˈsi.mon/, [ˈs̠ɪmɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.mon/, [ˈsiːmon]
Proper noun
Simō̆n m sg (genitive Simō̆nis); third declension
- a Christian male given name from Biblical Hebrew
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
- → Italian: Simone
Middle English
Etymology
From Latin Simon, from Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn, “hearkening”). Compare also sī̆mō̆n.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Simon
- a male given name
Descendants
References
- “Simon”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian
Proper noun
Simon
- Simon (biblical figure)
- a male given name
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sìmon m (Cyrillic spelling Сѝмон)
- a male given name
Declension
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “Simon”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sȋmon m anim
- a male given name
Declension
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| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
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| nom. sing. | Simon | ||
| gen. sing. | Simona | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Simon | Simona | Simoni |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Simona | Simonov | Simonov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Simonu | Simonoma | Simonom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Simona | Simona | Simone |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Simonu | Simonih | Simonih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Simonom | Simonoma | Simoni |
Further reading
- “Simon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Simon c (genitive Simons)
- Simon (biblical figure)
- a male given name
Vietnamese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Simon
Synonyms
- Simôn
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