Forename Simon

Throughout the world, Simon (Simon , سيمون , שמעון , along with others...) is a widespread principally boy's, but very infrequently female first name. The first name Simon is characteristic of Namibia, where it is a common principally masculine, but very seldom feminine name, Hong Kong, where it is a common male name, and Macao (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and Tanzania. Also, Simon is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Simon is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Simon

name Simón, name Simion, name Саймон, name Syme, name Símón, name Зимон, name Simo, name Semon, name Szemjon, name Simòn, name Shimon, name Simono, name Monet, name Semion, name Simons, name Simôñ, name Siemion, name Szymon, name Sîmôn, name Симон, name Siemens, name Simone, name Simeone, name Siamion, name Semión, name Symeon, name Sìmon, name Simson, name サイモン, name Simpson, name Symon, name Simoleon, name Siméon, name Semyon, name سيمون, name シモン, name Símon, name Shim'On, name 西蒙, name Simonti, name Simoñ, name Semjon, name Simõn, name Sîmôñ, name Simeoni, name Sîmon, name Simão, name Semjons, name סימון, name Senka, name Simeón, name Sigmund, name Simeon, name Simppa, name Simon, name שמעון, name Simms, name סיימון, name Sims, name Simôn, name Simund

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Simon	United Kingdom, Tanzania, France, Kenya, Nigeria
سيمون	Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Jordan, Egypt
סימון, שמעון, סיימון	Israel
Симон	Bulgaria, Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Ukraine
西蒙	China
シモン, サイモン	Japan
Саймон	Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan
Зимон	Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan

First names said to be same

Monet, Semion, Semión, Semjon, Semjons, Semon, Semyon, Senka, Shim'On, Shimon, Siamion, Siemens, Siemion, Sigmund, Simeon, Simeone, Simeoni, Simeón, Simion, Simms, Simo, Simoleon, Simone, Simono, Simons, Simonti, Simoñ, Simppa, Simpson, Sims, Simson, Simund, Simão, Siméon, Simòn, Simón, Simôn, Simôñ, Simõn, Syme, Symeon, Symon, Szemjon, Szymon, Sìmon, Símon, Símón, Sîmon, Sîmôn, Sîmôñ,

First name Simon in the context

Simon is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Peter , the 1st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Patriarch of Antioch and Apostle of Jesus Christ, Gospel of Mark; Simon the Zealot , the apostle of Jesus; Simon of Cyrene , the man who was forced by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus, Matthew 27; Simon Cowell , the cameo appearance of the 2020 animated film 'Scoob!' and Simon Templar , the fictional character known as The Saint, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	simon the leper person mentioned in the Gospels according to Matthew (26:6–13) and Mark (14:3–9); sometimes identified with Simon the Pharisee (b. 10)
	simon ben pazzi (b. 300)
	simon i High priest of the temple of Jerusalem (b. 350)
	simon ier d'alexandrie Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria, Egypt, SY (b. 650)
	simon de st. liz Norman nobleman (b. 1001)
	simon de saint-maurice (b. 1050)
	simon ier de lorraine Duke of Lorraine, FR (b. 1076)
	simon, lord of ham (b. 1030)
	simon de vexin Saint, Count of Amiens, Count of Bar-sur-Aube, Count of the Vexin and of Valois, FR (b. 1048)
	simon ier de montfort French noble, FR (b. 1050)
	simon ii de montfort military leader (b. 1060)
	simon ii de lorraine Duke of Upper Lorraine, FR (b. 1140)
	simon bloet English priest (b. 1095)
	simon de vermandois French bishop, FR (b. 1100)
	simon of pattishall English judge and administrator, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (b. 1101)