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

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