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

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Simon	Nigeria, France, Kenya, United Kingdom, Tanzania
سيمون	Egypt, Syria, Sudan, Iraq, Jordan
סימון, שמעון, סיימון	Israel
Симон	Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Armenia, Russia
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)