Simon (given name)
Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "He (God) has heard."
In other languages
- Ancient Greek: Σιμων
- 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
- Arezbaijani: Şımon
- Basque: Ximun
- Bulgarian: Симеон (Simeon)
- Catalan: Simó
- Chinese: 西門 (Xīmén)
- Croatian: Šimun
- Czech: Šimon
- Danish: Simon
- Dutch: Simon, Simeon, Siem
- English: Simon
- Esperanto: Simono
- Estonian: Siimon, Siim
- Finnish: Simo, Simon
- French: Simon
- Gascon:
- German: Simon
- Greek: Συμεών (Symeon), Συμεώνος (Symeonos)
- Hebrew: שמעון (Šimʻōn, Shimeon, Shimon)
- Hungarian: Semjén, Simon
- Icelandic: Símon
- Indonesian: Simon
- Irish: Síomón
- Italian: Simone
- Japanese: サイモン (Saimon) , シメオン（Simeon）
- Korean: 사이먼 (Saimon), 시몬 (Simon)
- Kosovar: Sshimeoni
- Latin: Simeonus, Simonis, Symeon
- Latvian: Sīmanis, Sīmans, Simons
- Lithuanian: Simonas, Šymonas
- Macedonian: Симон (Simon)
- Malayalam: Shimon, Simon
- Norwegian: Simon, Simen
- Polish: Szymon
- Portuguese: Simão
- Prekmurian: Šimon
- Quechua: Simun
- Romanian: Simon, Simion
- Russian: Симон (Simon), Семён (Semyon)
- Scottish Gaelic: Sim
- Serbian: Симо (Simo)
- Slovak: Šimon
- Slovene: Simon
- Spanish: Simón, Jimeno
- Swahili: Simoni
- Swedish: Simon
- Syriac: Shemod, Shimeon
- Ukrainian: Семен (Semen), Симон (Symon)
- Vietnamese: Simôn
- Welsh: Simwnt, Seimon
- Turkish : Mişon
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 Baker (disambiguation), multiple people
- Simon Barere (1896–1951), Russian-born American pianist
- 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 television personality
- Simon Dahl (born 1975), Swedish beach volleyball player
- Simon Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
- 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 Le Bon (1958), lead singer of English band Duran Duran
- 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 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 Arturo Saint-Bon (1823–1892), Italian admiral
- Simon Sjödin (born 1986), Swedish swimmer
- Simon Shirley (born 1966), Australian decathlete
- Simon the Shoemaker (5th century BC), friend of Socrates
- Simon Sudbury (died 1381) English Archbishop and Lord Chancellor
- Simon the Tanner (10th century), Coptic saint
- 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 Wiesenthal (1908–2005), Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter
- Simon of Worcester (died 1150), English Bishop of Worcester
Biblical characters
Fictional characters
- 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 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 Illyan, chief of security in the Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Simon Phoenix, fictional criminal in the 1993 film Demolition Man
- Simon Seville, member of fictional band Alvin and the Chipmunks
- 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, an angel in the 1995 film The Prophecy
See also