Simo
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Swahili: [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Mu locative class|mu class_((XVIII))]] object of si-; it is not inside there
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈsimoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Simo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Morocco than in any other country.
- MAMorocco≈1 in 171(inferred from the name graph)
- FIFinland1 in 560
- ITItaly≈1 in 5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Morocco (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 104 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 171 (inferred from the name graph)
≈210,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Morocco, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Mu locative class|mu class_((XVIII))]] object of si-; it is not inside there
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
How Simo is read(measured from records)
Simo is one spelling over 6 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Arabic40%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Simo in Arabic.
- French8.4%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Simo in French.
- English7.5%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Simo in English.
- Swahili5.7%
[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Mu locative class|mu class_((XVIII))]] object of si-; it is not inside there
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Khmer5.5%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Simo in Khmer.
- Italian5.0%
snub-nosed
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Simo 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.
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: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); the ee-stat-nimed register. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Simo is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, a male given name, character in the play Mostellaria of Plautus
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Zulu, simple singular of ísimó
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ss, state, condition, status
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Serbo-Croatian, hither, here, this way
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Simo Häyhäb. 1905FIFinnish military sniper (1905–2002)
- Simo Puupponenb. 1915FIFinnish writer and journalist (1915-1967)
- Simo Ristab. 1933FIFinnish photographer (1933–2021)
- Simo Parpolab. 1943FIFinnish assyriologist (1943-)
- Simo Mogwazab. 1960ZAactor
- Simo Saarinenb. 1963FIFinnish ice hockey player
- Simo Krunićb. 1967BABosnian football player and manager (born 1967)
- Simo Valakarib. 1973FIFinnish footballer
- Simo Runnelb. 1977EEEstonian historian (born 1977)
- Simo Keddarib. 2005ESSpanish footballer
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 65 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 16K | #141 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 9.9K | — |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 277 | #404 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 15 | #28,739 |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2022 | 1 | #23,549 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 does the name Simo mean, and where does it come from?
- [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Mu locative class|mu class_((XVIII))]] object of si-; it is not inside there Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Simo?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈsimoʊ/ (IPA) for Arabic.
- Is Simo a male or female name?
- Simo 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 are other forms of the name Simo?
- In the etymology graph, Simon, Simeon and Szymon are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Simo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 208 thousand people named Simo in Morocco, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled simo.
- How common is the name Simo?
- In Finland, the national register counted 9,943 people named Simo, about 1 in 560 residents.
- How common is Simo compared with other names?
- In Morocco, Simo is the 841st most common given name of 41,711 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/simoThe 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, “Simo” — the 841st most common given name in Morocco. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.