Simon (given name)

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FieldValue
nameSimon
imageRubens apostel simon.jpg
captionSt. Simon the Zealot
genderMale
meaning"listen"
originThe Bible
name dayJanuary 5 (Hungary)
May 9 (Eastern Orthodoxy)
October 28 (France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Spain)
popularityif you say so
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| name = Simon | image = Rubens apostel simon.jpg | image_size = | caption = St. Simon the Zealot | pronunciation = | gender = Male | meaning = "listen" | region = | language = | origin = The Bible | alternative spelling = | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = | name day = January 5 (Hungary) May 9 (Eastern Orthodoxy) October 28 (France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Spain) | derived = | popularity = if you say so | footnotes = Simon is a given name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "listen" or "hearing". It is also a classical Greek name, deriving from an adjective meaning "flat-nosed". In the first century AD, Simon was the most popular male name for Jews in Roman Judea.

The Hebrew name is Hellenised as Symeon () in the Septuagint, and in the New Testament as both Symeon and, according to most authorities, Simon. Simon is one Latinised version of the name, the others being Symeon or Simeon.

In other languages

  • (Simon). This name appears in Greek mythology as one of the Telchines. In Greek means "flat-nosed". Συμεών is the Hellenization of the name found in the Septuagint and parts of the New Testament, this form continues in use through the mediaeval era, viz. Symeon the New Theologian.
  • , Simeon
  • , Smeon
  • (Simʻān), شَمْعُون (Šamʻūn)
  • (Shim'on)
  • Aramaic (middle and modern): ܫܡܥܘܢ (Šëmʻūn, Shem'un or Sëmʻān, Semaan)
  • or, sometimes, Ximun
  • (Symon), Сямён (Sjamyon)
  • (Saimon), শিমন (Šimon), সিমন (Simon)
  • (Simeon)
  • Chinese: 西蒙 (Xīméng), 西門 (Xīmén), 賽門 (Sàimén). 西蒙 (Xīméng) is usually used to refer to Σίμων (Simon) of Ancient Greek origin, while 西門 (Xīmén) usually refers to Συμεών (Symeon) of Hebrew origin. 西門 (Xīmén) is also a purely Chinese surname and has nothing to do with Σίμων (Simon) or Συμεών (Symeon).
  • , Simeon, Siem
  • English: Simon
  • , Siim, Simon, Siimeon
  • , Símin, Simona, Mona
  • , Simon, Simeoni
  • სჳმეონ (Swimeon), სჳმონ (Swimon), სიმონ (Simon)
  • (Simeón), Σύμος (Símos)
  • (Simōna)
  • (Šimʻōn, Shimeon, Shimon)
  • (Sā'imana)
  • , Simon
  • (Saimon), シメオン（Simeon), シモン (Shimon)
  • (Saiman)
  • (Simon)
  • , Simonis, Symeon
  • , Sīmans, Simons, Saimons
  • , Šimonas
  • (Simon), Симеон (Simeon)
  • (Shimayon), സൈമൺ (Simon), ചുമ്മാർ (Chummar)
  • (Sāyman)
  • (Simon)
  • (Simōna)
  • , Simen
  • (Saman
  • Prekmurje Slovene: Šimon
  • (Śama'ūna)
  • (Simon) - non-native; used for foreign names and canonic Orthodox saints; Семён, Сёма (Semyon)
  • (Simon), Симеон (Simeon), Симеун (Simeun), Симо (Simo)
  • , Šimon
  • , Jimeno
  • (Shemon, )
  • (Caimaṉ)
  • (Simonu)
  • (Sai mon)
  • (Simi'on)
  • , Simon, Şimon
  • (Semen), Симон (Symon)
  • , Xi Mông
  • , Seimon

Notable people with the given name Simon or Simón

For a comprehensive list see .

Ancient

Medieval

Renaissance to modern

Biblical characters

Fictional characters

Notes

fr:Simon#Prénom

References

  1. Smith, William, Dr. (1901) [https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/smiths-bible-dictionary/simon.html "Entry for 'Simon'"]. ''[[Smith's Bible Dictionary]]''.
  2. (2002). "Jesus & the Rise of Early Christianity: A History of New Testament Times". Intervarsity Press.
  3. {{LSJ. *si/mwn. Σίμων. ref
  4. Bauckham, Richard. (2017). "Jesus and the Eyewitnesses". Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing.
  5. {{Strong-number. Greek word #4826. G. 4826 in [[Strong's Concordance]]
  6. (1987). "A Rabbinic Commentary on the New Testament: The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke". KTAV Publishing House, Inc..
  7. {{OEtymD. Simon
  8. {{LSJ. simo/s. σιμός. ref.
  9. [https://archive.org/details/greekreligion0000burk/page/182 Walter Burkert, Greek Religion, Harvard University Press, 1985, p. 182.]

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