Forename Shimon

Around the globe, Shimon (Shimon , שמעון , شمعون , among others...) is a common male forename. The first name Shimon is habitual in Israel, where it is a common male name, Syria, where it is quite a rare male name, and Sudan, where it is a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Israel, India, and the United States. Also, Shimon is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Shimon

name Симоне, name 西面, name שמעון, name Щімон, name Симоно, name سيمون, name Semion, name Шымон, name シモン, name Siemion, name Симон, name 希蒙, name Симеон, name Шыман, name Сямён, name شمعون, name Simeon, name 西門, name Șimon, name Semyon, name Семеон, name Szemjon, name 谢苗, name Šimon, name Симеоне, name シメオン, name Simón, name 시몬, name Shimón, name شيمون, name Szymon, name Semión, name Семён, name Shim'On, name Simeone, name Simone, name Simon, name Semjons, name Συμεών, name სემიონი, name 西蒙, name Simono, name סימון, name סימאון, name Simeoni, name Семен, name シモーネ, name Shimon, name Semjon, name Шимон, name بيترو, name Шімон

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Shimon	Bangladesh, Israel, India, United States, Hungary
שמעון	Israel
شمعون	Egypt, Syria, Sudan, Iraq, Jordan
シモン	Japan
Шимон	Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Lithuania
Шімон	Ukraine

First names said to be same

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

First name Shimon in the context

Shimon 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; 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 Simon Cowell , the cameo appearance of the 2020 animated film 'Scoob!', and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	shimon ben lakish Jewish rabbi and amora (c. 200 — c. 275) (b. 200)
	shimon lavi Libyan Jewish scholar, ES (b. 1486)
	shimon drutsk-lyubetsky (b. 1665)
	shimon maryles (b. 1758)
	shimon hakham Moroccan rabbi, UZ (b. 1843)
	shimon sofer Hungarian rabbi, SK (b. 1850)
	shimon agassi rabbi (b. 1852)
	shimon shkop Lithuanian rabbi, UA (b. 1860)
	shimon israel shane BY (b. 1857)
	shimon yaakov gliksberg rabbi, PL (b. 1870)
	shimon sholom kalish Polish rabbi (b. 1882)
	shimon schwab American rabbi, DE (b. 1908)
	shimon wasserman PL (b. 1899)
	shimon grunfeld Hungarian rabbi (b. 1860)
	shimon przechodzki Victim of the Holocaust, PL (b. 1870)