Forename Shim'On

All around the world, Shim'On (שמעון , Shim'On) is a rare masculine first name. The given name Shim'On is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Israel, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Much less frequently, Shim'On is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Shim'On

VARIANT	COUNTRY
שמעון	Israel

First names said to be same

Semion, Semión, Semjon, Semjons, Semyon, Shimon, Siemion, Simeon, Simeone, Simeoni, Simon, Simone, Simono, Simón, Szemjon, Szymon, Šimon, Συμεών, Семен, Семеон, Семён, Симеон, Симеоне, Симон, Симоне, Симоно, Сямён, Шимон, Шыман, Шымон, סימאון, סימון, بيترو, سيمون, شيمون, სემიონი, シメオン, シモン, シモーネ, 西蒙, 西門, 西面, and 谢苗

First name Shim'On in the context

Shim'On is also a 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; Simeon , the in the Gospel according to Luke, a man who meets Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus (Luke 2:25–35), Presentation of Jesus at the Temple and Simeon , the Biblical character; second son of Jacob and Leah, Genesis 35.

Notable namesakes

shim'on adaf Israeli editor, musician, poet and author (1972- ), IL (b. 1972)