Symon
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Seltene historische y-Schreibung von Simon; belegt die y/i-Variation
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈsɪmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Symon is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Slovenia it is the 57th most common given name.
- KEKenya≈1 in 8.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- CZCzechia1 in 309as Šimon
- SISlovenia1 in 320as Simon
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Symon itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 173 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.8K (inferred from the name graph)
68,780 named Simon, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Kenya, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
10 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Simon in SE Sweden, NL Netherlands, SI Slovenia and Šimon in CZ Czechia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Seltene historische y-Schreibung von Simon; belegt die y/i-Variation. Bearer count: 7.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Symon counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 68,780as Simon | 1 in 4.8K | 80K | Symon | 173 |
| SE Sweden | — | 40,771as Simon | 1 in 250 | 41K | Simon | 23 |
| CZ Czechia | #155 | 34,606as Šimon | 1 in 309 | 35K | Šimon | 120 |
| DK Denmark | — | 20,857as Simon | 1 in 281 | 21K | — | 1 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 11,676as Simon | 1 in 1.4K | 12K | — | 2 |
| SI Slovenia | #57 | 6,573as Simon | 1 in 320 | 6.6K | Simon | 77 |
| KE Kenya | #540 | ≈6,100 est. | ≈1 in 8.8K | — | Symon | 37 |
| NO Norway | — | 5,878as Simon | 1 in 930 | 20K | — | 13 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 148 | 1 in 117K | 7.8K | Simon | 18 |
68,780 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling simon. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); MVČR — living population register 2017; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INEC — civil registry names; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); SURS — resident population given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Simon Grynaeusb. 1493DEnot in their usual nameGerman theologian (1493–1541)
- Symon van der Doesb. 1507NLDutch politician (1507-1587)
- Simon van de Moolenb. 1658NLnot in their usual nameDutch scientific instrument maker (1658–1741)
- Symon Petliurab. 1879UAUkrainian military leader (1879–1926)
- Symon Rak-Michajloŭskib. 1885BYBelarusian politician, journalist
- Symon Gouldb. 1894USAmerican politician
- Jack Bruceb. 1943GBnot in their usual nameBritish musician (1943–2014)
- Nour Symonb. 1985CACanadian composer, visual artist, and poet
- Symon M KariukiKEKenyan researcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 46 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 501 | #19,604 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 148 | #3,453 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 86 | #8,744 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 36 | #19,604 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 10 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 7 | #40,598 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1999 | 5 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 4 | #28,373 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 2 | #26,736 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 1 | — |
Reference works 4
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Symon?
- In the etymology graph, Simon, Simeon and Semen are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Symon?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈsɪmən/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Symon a male or female name?
- Symon is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Symon mean?
- Recorded meaning: Seltene historische y-Schreibung von Simon; belegt die y/i-Variation.
- In which country does Symon have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 69 thousand people named Simon, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Symon?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 148 people named Symon, about 1 in 117 thousand residents.
- How common is Symon compared with other names?
- In Slovenia, Symon is the 57th most common given name of 4,300 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Symon?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/symonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Symon” — the 57th most common given name in Slovenia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.