Simon

See also simon, simón, and Simón

English

Etymology

New Testament version of Classical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (“hearkening”), shaped to look like a Greek name; confer Σίμων and Σῖμος (Simos, “flat-nose”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sīm'ən, IPA: /ˈsaɪmən/, SAMPA: /"saIm@n/
• Rhymes: -aɪmən

Proper noun

Simon

1. (biblical) Any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Matthew 10:1-3:

     Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

2. A male given name.
   • 1996 Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace, Bloomsbury, ISBN 0-7475-27873, 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.

3. A patronymic surname.

   Paul Simon

Related terms

• simony
• Simeon
• Simone

Translations

biblical characters

Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ (šemʿun) Catalan: Simó (ca) Danish: Simon (da) Estonian: Siimon (et) Finnish: Simon (fi) French: Simon (fr) German: Simon (de)

Hawaiian: Simona Italian: Simone (it) Northern Sami: Simmon Norwegian: Simon (no) Spanish: Simón (es) Swedish: Simon (sv)

male given name

Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ (šemʿun) Catalan: Simó (ca) Czech: Šimon (cs) Danish: Simon (da) Estonian: Siim (et) Finnish: Simo (fi) French: Simon (fr) German: Simon (de)

Hawaiian: Kimona Italian: Simone (it) Northern Sami: Simmon Norwegian: Simon (no) Spanish: Simón (es) Swedish: Simon (sv)

See also

• Peter

Anagrams

• Minos

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Danish

Proper noun

Simon

1. (biblical) Simon.
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• (female given name) Simone
• (surname) Simonsen

References

• [1] 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.

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Finnish

Proper noun

Simon

1. (biblical) Simon.

Declension

Declension of Simon (type paperi) singular plural nominative Simon – genitive Simonin – partitive Simonia – accusative Simon Simonin – inessive Simonissa – elative Simonista – illative Simoniin – adessive Simonilla – ablative Simonilta – allative Simonille – essive Simonina – translative Simoniksi – instructive – – abessive Simonitta – comitative – –

Related terms

• Simo

Proper noun

Simon

1. Genitive singular form of Simo.

Anagrams

• somin

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French

Proper noun

Simon

1. (biblical) Simon.
2. A male given name.
3. A patronymic surname.

Related terms

• (feminine form): Simone

Anagrams

• moins

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German

Proper noun

Simon

1. (biblical) Simon.
2. A male given name.
3. A patronymic surname.

Related terms

• feminine form: Simone

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Simon

1. (biblical) Simon.
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• Simen

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Swedish

Proper noun

Simon

1. (biblical) Simon.
2. A male given name.