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

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Simon	Tanzania, Kenya, France, United Kingdom, Nigeria
سيمون	Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, Syria
סימון, סיימון, שמעון	Israel
Симон	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Russia, Armenia
西蒙	China
シモン, サイモン	Japan
Саймон	Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan
Зимон	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine

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)