Šimo
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʂimo/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Šimo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Greek Σίμος (Símos).
- HRCroatia1 in 6.1K(measured from records)
- FIFinland1 in 560
- SISlovenia1 in 16K
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 Šimo 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.
- Finland (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 37 (measured from records)
- 1 in 560 (inferred from the name graph)
9,943 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Simo in FI Finland, HR Croatia, RS Serbia and 3 more and Симо in MK North Macedonia.
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)
Borrowed from Greek Σίμος (Símos).
Sources 2
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Šimo 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | — | 9,943 | 1 in 560 | 16K | Simo | 5 |
| HR Croatia | #309 | 696 | 1 in 6.1K | 696 | Simo | 32 |
| BA Bosnia & Herzegovina | #393 | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | — | Simo | 12 |
| RS Serbia | #466 | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Simo | 23 |
| SE Sweden | — | 335 | 1 in 30K | 335 | — | 2 |
| MK North Macedonia | — | 329as Симо | 1 in 6.5K | 329 | Симо | 3 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 133 | 1 in 16K | 133 | Simo | 2 |
| ME Montenegro | #247 | — | — | — | Simo | 6 |
9,943 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). 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); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); State Statistical Office — living population names; 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)
- Šimo Maršićb. 1974RSSerbian theologian
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 11 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 696 | #644 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 502 | — |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2008 | 24 | #1,241 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2014 | 23 | #1,376 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2013 | 23 | #1,363 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2011 | 23 | #1,334 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2010 | 23 | #1,319 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2009 | 23 | #1,283 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2012 | 22 | #1,376 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2016 | 21 | #1,484 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2015 | 21 | #1,454 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2019 | 19 | #1,640 |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Šimo mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Greek Σίμος (Símos). Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- How do you pronounce Šimo?
- A machine transcription gives /ʂimo/ (IPA) for Croatian.
- Is Šimo a male or female name?
- Šimo 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 Šimo?
- In the etymology graph, Šime is a form of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Šimun.
- In which country does Šimo have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 9.9 thousand people named Šimo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled simo.
- Where is Šimo most common?
- Šimo is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 560 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Šimo?
- In Finland, the national register counted 9,943 people named Šimo, about 1 in 560 residents.
- How common is Šimo compared with other names?
- In Montenegro, Šimo is the 247th most common given name of 1,036 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Šimo?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%C5%A1imoThe 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, “Šimo” — the 247th most common given name in Montenegro. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.