Simon (given name)

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Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "He (God) has heard." Some authors consider it a classical Greek name.^[1] Commentators on the New Testament question the origin of the name, assuming that it can be either a hellenised form of the Hebrew Shim'on, or a real Greek name.^[2]

In other languages

• Ancient Greek: Σίμων (Simon). This name appears in Greek mythology as one of the Telchines. In Greek means "flat-nosed".^[3][4]
• 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
• Azerbaijani: Şımon
• Basque: Simon or, sometimes, Ximun
• Belarusian: Сымон (Symon), Сямён (Sjamyon)
• Bengali: সাইমন (Sā'imana)
• Bulgarian: Симеон (Simeon)
• Catalan: Simó
• Chinese Simplified: 西蒙 (Xīméng)
• Chinese Traditional: 西蒙 (Xīméng)
• Croatian: Šimun
• Czech: Šimon
• Danish: Simon
• Dutch: Simon, Simeon, Siem
• English: Simon
• Esperanto: Simono
• Estonian: Siimon, Siim, Simon, Simun
• Faroese: Símun, Símin, Simona, Mona
• Finnish: Simo, Simon
• French: Simon
• Galician: Simón
• Georgian: სჳმეონ (Swimeon), სჳმონ (Swimon), სიმონ (Simon)
• German: Simon
• Greek: Συμεών (Symeon), Συμεώνος (Symeonos)
• Gujarati: સિમોન (Simōna)
• Hebrew: שמעון (Šimʻōn, Shimeon, Shimon)
• Hindi: साइमन (Sā'imana)
• Hmong: Ximoos
• Hungarian: Semjén, Simon
• Icelandic: Símon
• Indonesian: Simon
• Irish: Síomón
• Italian: Simone
• Japanese: サイモン (Saimon), シメオン（Simeon）
• Kannada: ಸೈಮನ್ (Saiman)
• Korean: 사이먼 (Saimon, Saimeon), 시몬 (Simon)
• Kosovar: Sshimeoni
• Latin: Simeonus, Simonis, Symeon
• Latvian: Sīmanis, Sīmans, Simons
• Lithuanian: Simonas, Šymonas
• Macedonian: Симон (Simon), Симеон (Simeon)
• Malayalam: ശിമയോൻ (Shimayon), സീമോൻ (Simon)
• Maltese: Xmun
• Maori: Haimona
• Marathi: सायमन (Sāyamana)
• Mongolian: Симон (Simon)
• Nepali: सिमोन (Simōna)
• Norwegian: Simon, Simen
• Occitan: Simon
• Persian: شمعون
• Polish: Szymon
• Portuguese: Simão
• Prekmurian: Šimon
• Punjabi: ਸ਼ਮਊਨ (Śama'ūna)
• Quechua: Simun
• Romanian: Simion
• Russian: Симон (Simon), Семён (Semyon), Саймон (Saymon)
• Scottish Gaelic: Sim
• Serbian: Симон (Simon), Симеон (Simeon), Симеун (Simeun), Симо (Simo)
• Slovak: Šimon
• Slovene: Simon
• Spanish: Simón, Jimeno
• Swahili: Simoni
• Swedish: Simon
• Syriac: Shemod, Shimeon
• Tamil: சைமன் (Caimaṉ)
• Telugu:సైమన్ (Saiman)
• Thai: ไซมอน (Sị mxn)
• Ukrainian: Семен (Semen), Симон (Symon), Саймон (Saymon)
• Urdu: سائمن
• Vietnamese: Simôn
• Welsh: Simwnt, Seimon
• Turkish : Mişon
• Yiddish: שמעון

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 Baraldi, Italian quiz-show champion
• Simon Barere (1896–1951), Russian-born American pianist
• Simon bar Giora, (died 70 CE), Judean leader in the First Jewish-Roman War
• 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-English television personality
• Simon Dahl (born 1975), Swedish beach volleyball player
• Simon Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
• Simon Farine (born 1987), Canadian basketball player
• 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 Lane (born 1978), British Comedian and Youtuber
• Simon Le Bon (1958), lead singer of English band Duran Duran
• Simon Marcus (1986), kickboxer
• 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 Oakland (1928–1983), American actor
• 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 Antonio Saint-Bon (1823–1892), Italian admiral
• Simon Sjödin (born 1986), Swedish swimmer
• Simon Shirley (born 1966), Australian decathlete
• Simon Shnapir (born 1987), American Olympic medalist pair skater
• Simon the Shoemaker (5th century BC), friend of Socrates
• Simon Steel (born 1969), English cricketer
• Simon Sudbury (died 1381) English Archbishop and Lord Chancellor
• Simon the Tanner (10th century), Coptic saint
• Simon Townsend (born 27 November 1945) Australian Children's show host and producer
• 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 Cano Le Tiec (born 1996), Spanish film critic
• Simon Wiesenthal (1908–2005), Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter
• Simon Weston OBE (born 1961), British army veteran who suffered severe burn injuries during the Falklands War
• Simon of Worcester (died 1150), English Bishop of Worcester
• Simon Eyogwe,(Born 1980) Nigerian and a Petroleum Production geologist by profession

Biblical characters

• Simeon (Hebrew Bible), second son of Jacob and Leah
• Simon Maccabaeus (died 135 BC), brother of Judas Maccabeus and ruler of Judea
• Simon Peter, better known as Saint Peter, one of the Twelve Apostles
• Simon the Zealot (also called Simon the Canaanite), another of the Twelve Apostles
• Simon the Leper, resident of Bethany visited by Jesus
• Simon of Cyrene, man forced to carry Jesus' cross
• Simon Magus, magician confronted by Saint Peter and namesake of the term "simony"
• Simon (brother of Jesus)

Fictional characters

• Simon, of the fictional animated characters Alvin and the Chipmunks
• 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 de Belleme, a baron and evil sorcerer in the TV series Robin of Sherwood
• 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 Lewis, one of the protagonists in The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
• Simon Illyan, chief of security in the Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Simon McKay, genius inventor played by David Rappaport on the CBS TV series The Wizard.
• Simon Petrikov, more commonly known as the Ice King, a character in the animated TV series Adventure Time
• Simon Phoenix, fictional criminal in the 1993 film Demolition Man
• 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
• Simon Silver, one of the main characters of Red Lights
• Simon Escher, a recurring villain in the espionage tv series "Burn Notice"

See also

• Simon (surname)
• Simon (disambiguation)

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