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

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