Simon

See also: simon, simón, ŝimon, Simón, Símon, and Šimon

English

Etymology

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

• enPR: sīm'ən, IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪmən/
• Rhymes: -aɪmən

Proper noun

Simon

1. Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version

     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.

2. 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.

3. A patronymic surname transferred from the given name

   Paul Simon

Related terms

• simony
• Simeon
• Simone

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Simon is the 397^th 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.

Translations

biblical characters

• Arabic: سِمْعَان m (simʕān), شَمْعُون m (šamʕūn)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ (šemʿun)

• Catalan: Simó (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 西門／西门 (sai¹ mun⁴), 西门 (sai¹ mun⁴), 西滿／西满 (sai¹ mun⁵), 西满 (sai¹ mun⁵) (Catholic)

  Hakka: 西門／西门, 西门 (Sî-mùn)

  Mandarin: 西門／西门 (zh) (xīmén), 西门 (zh) (Xīmén), 西滿／西满 (Xīmǎn), 西满 (Xīmǎn) (Catholic)

  Min Nan: 西門／西门, 西门 (Se-bûn)

• Danish: Simon
• Estonian: Siimon
• Faroese: Símun m
• Finnish: Simon (fi)
• French: Simon (fr)
• German: Simon (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Σίμων m (Símōn)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hawaiian: Simona
• Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן (he) m (shim'ón)
• Irish: Síomón m
• Italian: Simone (it)
• Kazakh: Шимон (Şimon)
• Maore Comorian: Simoni
• Maori: Haimona
• Northern Sami: Simmon
• Norwegian: Simon (no)
• Persian: شمعون (fa) (šam'un), سمعان (sem'ân)
• Portuguese: Simão (pt) m
• Russian: Симо́н (ru) m (Simón), Симео́н (ru) m (Simeón), Семён (ru) m (Semjón), Шимо́н m (Šimón)
• Spanish: Simón (es)
• Swedish: Simon (sv)
• Vietnamese: Simon, Simôn

male given name

• Arabic: سِمْعَان m (simʕān), شَمْعُون m (šamʕūn)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ (šemʿun)

• Armenian: Սիմոն (Simon)

  Old Armenian: Սիմէոն (Simēon)

• Belarusian: Сямён m (Sjamjón)
• Catalan: Simó (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西蒙 (Xīméng)

• Czech: Šimon (cs)
• Danish: Simon
• Estonian: Siim
• Faroese: Símun m
• Finnish: Simo (fi)
• French: Simon (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Simon (de)
• Greenlandic: Siimuut
• Hawaiian: Kimona
• Irish: Síomón m
• Italian: Simone (it)
• Japanese: サイモン (Saimon)
• Maori: Haimona
• Northern Sami: Simmon
• Norwegian: Simon (no)
• Persian: شمعون (fa) (šam'un), سمعان (sem'ân)
• Polish: Szymon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Simão (pt) m
• Russian: Симо́н (ru) m (Simón), Семён (ru) m (Semjón), Са́ймон (ru) m (Sájmon)
• Spanish: Simón (es)
• Swedish: Simon (sv)

See also

• Peter

Anagrams

• Minos, minos, omnis

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Simon. Also from Spanish Simón.

Proper noun

Simon

1. a male given name from English
2. (biblical) Simon

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Danish

Proper noun

Simon

1. Simon (biblical figure)
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. Simon (biblical figure)

Declension

Inflection of Simon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Simon	—
genitive		Simonin	—
partitive		Simonia	—
illative		Simoniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Simon	—
accusative	nom.	Simon	—
	gen.	Simonin
genitive		Simonin	—
partitive		Simonia	—
inessive		Simonissa	—
elative		Simonista	—
illative		Simoniin	—
adessive		Simonilla	—
ablative		Simonilta	—
allative		Simonille	—
essive		Simonina	—
translative		Simoniksi	—
abessive		Simonitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Simon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Simonini — accusative nom. Simonini — gen. Simonini genitive Simonini — partitive Simoniani — inessive Simonissani — elative Simonistani — illative Simoniini — adessive Simonillani — ablative Simoniltani — allative Simonilleni — essive Simoninani — translative Simonikseni — abessive Simonittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Simonisi — accusative nom. Simonisi — gen. Simonisi genitive Simonisi — partitive Simoniasi — inessive Simonissasi — elative Simonistasi — illative Simoniisi — adessive Simonillasi — ablative Simoniltasi — allative Simonillesi — essive Simoninasi — translative Simoniksesi — abessive Simonittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Simonimme — accusative nom. Simonimme — gen. Simonimme genitive Simonimme — partitive Simoniamme — inessive Simonissamme — elative Simonistamme — illative Simoniimme — adessive Simonillamme — ablative Simoniltamme — allative Simonillemme — essive Simoninamme — translative Simoniksemme — abessive Simonittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Simoninne — accusative nom. Simoninne — gen. Simoninne genitive Simoninne — partitive Simonianne — inessive Simonissanne — elative Simonistanne — illative Simoniinne — adessive Simonillanne — ablative Simoniltanne — allative Simonillenne — essive Simoninanne — translative Simoniksenne — abessive Simonittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Simoninsa — accusative nom. Simoninsa — gen. Simoninsa genitive Simoninsa — partitive Simoniaan Simoniansa — inessive Simonissaan Simonissansa — elative Simonistaan Simonistansa — illative Simoniinsa — adessive Simonillaan Simonillansa — ablative Simoniltaan Simoniltansa — allative Simonilleen Simonillensa — essive Simoninaan Simoninansa — translative Simonikseen Simoniksensa — abessive Simonittaan Simonittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Related terms

• Simo

Proper noun

Simon

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of Simo

Anagrams

• somin

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.mɔ̃/

Proper noun

Simon ?

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

Related terms

• (feminine form): Simone

Anagrams

• moins

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈziːmɔn/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Simon m (genitive Simons)

1. Simon (biblical figure)
2. a male given name.
3. a patronymic surname transferred from the given name

Derived terms

• Simone f

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃimon]
• Hyphenation: Si‧mon

Proper noun

Simon

1. a male given name.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	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

Possessive forms of Simon
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

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Simon

1. Simon (biblical figure)
2. a male given name.

Related terms

• Simen

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Swedish

Proper noun

Simon c (genitive Simons)

1. Simon (biblical figure)
2. a male given name.

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Latin Simon. Cognate with English Simon.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [si˧˧ mɔn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂɪj˧˧ mɔŋ˧˧] ~ [sɪj˧˧ mɔŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂɪj˧˧ mɔŋ˧˧] ~ [sɪj˧˧ mɔŋ˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: si mon

Proper noun

Simon

1. (Roman Catholicism) Simon

Synonyms

• Simôn