Simon (given name)
| Simon | |
|---|---|
 St. Simon the Zealot, by Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1611), from his Twelve Apostles series at the Museo del Prado, Madrid | |
| Gender | Male |
| Name day |
January 5 (Hungary) |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | The Bible |
| Meaning | "listen" |
| Popularity | see popular names |
Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "listen". It is also a classical Greek name, deriving from an adjective meaning "flat-nosed".[1]:232[2]
The Hebrew name is Hellenised as Symeon ( Greek: Συμεών) in the Septuagint, and in the New Testament as both Symeon[3] and, according to most authorities, Simon. Some commentators on the New Testament say that it could be a Hellenised form of the Hebrew Shim'on, but if not then it indicates that Peter came from a "Hellenistic background"; this was not unheard of in this era, as contemporary Jews such as Andrew the Apostle sometimes bore originally Greek names.[4]:58
Simon is one Latinised version of the name, the others being Simeon or Symeon. This practice carried over into English: in the King James Version, the name Simeon Niger is spelt Simeon (Act 13:1) as is Simeon (Gospel of Luke) (Luke 2:25), while Peter is called Simon (John 1:44).
In other languages
- Ancient Greek: Σίμων (Simon). This name appears in Greek mythology as one of the Telchines. In Greek means "flat-nosed".[5][2][6][7] Συμεών is the Hellenization of the name found in the Septuagint and parts of the New Testament,[3] this form continues in use through the mediaeval era, viz. Symeon the New Theologian.
- Albanian: Simon, Simeon
- Amharic: ስምዖን, Smeon
- Arabic: سِمْعَان (Simʻān), شَمْعُون (Šamʻūn)
- Aramaic (old): Šimʻōn (Shim'on)
- Aramaic (middle and modern): ܫܡܥܘܢ (Šëmʻūn, Shem'un), (Sëmʻān, Semaan)
- Aragonese: Simón
- Azerbaijani: Şımon
- Basque: Simon or, sometimes, Ximun
- Belarusian: Сымон (Symon), Сямён (Sjamyon)
- Bengali: সাইমন (Saimon), শিমন (Šimon), সিমন (Simon)
- Bulgarian: Симеон (Simeon)
- Catalan: Simó
- Chinese Simplified: 西蒙 (Xīméng), 西门 (Xīmén)
- Chinese Traditional: 西蒙 (Xīméng), 西門 (Xīmén)
- Croatian: Šimun
- Czech: Šimon
- Danish: Simon
- Dutch: Simon, Simeon, Siem
- English: Simon
- Esperanto: Simono
- Estonian: Siimon, Siim, Simon, Siimeon
- Faroese: Símun, Símin, Simona, Mona
- Finnish: Simo, Simon
- French: Simon
- Galician: Simón
- Georgian: სჳმეონ (Swimeon), სჳმონ (Swimon), სიმონ (Simon)
- German: Simon
- Greek: Σίμων (Símon); Συμεών (Simeón), Συμεώνος (Simenónos) (the latter both variants of Simeon)
- Gujarati: સિમોન (Simōna)
- Hebrew: שמעון (Šimʻōn, Shimeon, Shimon)
- Hindi: साइमन (Sā'imana)
- Hmong: Ximoos
- Hungarian: Semjén, Simon
- Icelandic: Símon
- Indonesian: Simon
- Irish: Síomón
- Italian: Simone
- Japanese: サイモン (Saimon), シメオン（Simeon）
- Kannada: ಸೈಮನ್ (Saiman)
- Korean: 시몬(Simon)
- Latin: Simeonus, Simonis, Symeon
- Latvian: Sīmanis, Sīmans, Simons
- Lithuanian: Simonas, Šimonas
- Macedonian: Симон (Simon), Симеон (Simeon)
- Malayalam: ശിമയോൻ (Shimayon), സീമോൻ (Simon)
- Maltese: Xmun
- Maori: Haimona
- Marathi: सायमन (Sāyamana)
- Mongolian: Симон (Simon)
- Nepali: सिमोन (Simōna)
- Norwegian: Simon, Simen
- Occitan: Simon
- Persian: شمعون
- Polish: Szymon
- Portuguese: Simão
- Prekmurje dialect of Slovene: Šimon
- Punjabi: ਸ਼ਮਊਨ (Śama'ūna)
- Quechua: Simun
- Romanian: Simion
- Russian: Симон (Simon), Семён (Semyon), Саймон (Saymon)
- Scottish Gaelic: Sim
- Serbian: Симон (Simon), Симеон (Simeon), Симеун (Simeun), Симо (Simo)
- Slovak: Simon, Šimon
- Slovene: Simon
- Spanish: Simón, Jimeno
- Swahili: Simoni
- Swedish: Simon
- Syriac: Shemod, Shimeon
- Tamil: சைமன் (Caimaṉ)
- Telugu:సైమన్ (Saiman)
- Thai: ไซมอน (Sị mxn)
- Ukrainian: Семен (Semen), Симон (Symon), Саймон (Saymon)
- Urdu: سائمن
- Vietnamese: Sỹ Minh, Xi Mông
- Welsh: Simwnt, Seimon
- Turkish : şimon
- Yiddish: שמעון
List of people with the given name Simon
Simon is a common name, and below is just a selection of notable people. For a comprehensive list see All pages beginning with Simon.
Ancient
- Simon the Shoemaker (5th century BCE), friend of Socrates
- Simon of Peraea (died 4 BCE), Jewish rebel mentioned by Josephus
- Simon bar Giora, (died 70 CE), Judean leader in the First Jewish-Roman War
- Simon bar Kokhba
- Simon of Bet-Parsaje (died 339), Christian martyred with Mana of Bet-Parsaje
- Simon of Bet-Titta (died 447), Christian martyr
- Simon Psellus, Jewish priest
Medieval
- Simon the Tanner (10th century), Coptic saint
- Simon of Worcester (died 1150), English Bishop of Worcester
- Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208–1265) Leader of the barons against Henry III
- Simon of Southwell, canon lawyer and Treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral
- Simon Sudbury (died 1381) English Archbishop and Lord Chancellor
- Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1512), Russian Orthodox leader
Renaissance to modern
- Simon Abkarian (born 1962), French actor
- Simon Ammann (born 1981), Swiss ski jumper
- Simon Amstell (born 1979), English television presenter
- Simon Arora (born 1969), British billionaire businessman
- Simon Aspelin (born 1974), Swedish tennis player
- Simon Baker (born 1969), Australian actor and director
- Simon Barere (1896–1951), Russian-born American pianist
- Simon Baron-Cohen (born 1958), British autism researcher
- Simon Beckett (born 1960), British journalist and author
- Simon Bening (1483–1561), Flemish miniaturist
- Simon van den Bergh (1819–1907), Dutch margarine manufacturer, founder of Unilever
- Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), Latin American military and political leader
- Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823–1914), American soldier and Governor of Kentucky
- Simon Callow (born 1949), British actor
- Simon Cameron (1799–1889), American politician and Secretary of War
- Simon Carmiggelt (1913–1987), Dutch poet, columnist and satirist
- Simon Conway Morris (born 1951), English palaeontologist
- Simon Cowell (born 1959), British television personality
- Simon Dach (1605–1659), Prussian lyrical poet
- Simon Davies (disambiguation), several people
- Simon Donaldson (born 1957), English mathematician
- Simon Episcopius (1583–1643), Dutch theologian and Remonstrant
- Simon Fairweather (born 1969), Australian archer
- Simon Farine (born 1987), Canadian basketball player
- Simon Gagné (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
- Simon Gallup (born 1960), bassist in English rock band The Cure
- Simon Harris (born 1962), British music producer
- Simon Helberg (born 1980), American actor, comedian, and musician
- Simon Heslop (born 1987), English footballer
- Simon Keenlyside (born 1959), British baritone
- Simon Kidane (born 1975), Ethiopian basketball player
- Simon Kuper (born 1969), British author
- Simon Lane (born 1978), British comedian and Youtuber
- Simon Le Bon (born 1958), lead singer of English band Duran Duran
- Simon Madden (born 1957), Australian footballer
- Simon Magalashvili (1968), Israeli Olympic judoka
- Simon Marcus (1986), Canadian kickboxer
- Simon van der Meer (1925–2011), Dutch particle physicist and Nobel Laureate
- Simon Mignolet (born 1988), Belgian football player
- Simon Monjack (1970–2010), British filmmaker
- Simon Neil (born 1979), Scottish guitarist and lead singer of Biffy Clyro
- Simon Oakland (1928–1983), American actor
- Simon Okker (1881–1944), Dutch Olympic fencer killed in Auschwitz
- Simon Pegg (born 1970), English writer and actor
- Simon Poulsen (born 1984), Danish footballer
- Simon Pryce (born 1972), Australian children's lead singer of The Wiggles
- Simon H. Rifkind (1901–1995), American lawyer and judge
- Simon Schama (born 1945), English historian specializing in art, Dutch, and French history.
- Simon Sjödin (born 1986), Swedish swimmer
- Simon Shirley (born 1966), Australian decathlete
- Simon Shnapir (born 1987), American Olympic medalist pair skater
- Simon Steel (born 1969), English cricketer
- Simon van der Stel (1639–1712), Dutch Governor of the Cape Colony
- Simon Stevin (1548–1620), Netherlandish mathematician, physicist and engineer
- Simon Tahamata (born 1956), Dutch and Belgian footballer
- Simon Townsend (borb 1945) Australian Children's show host and producer
- Simon Tong (born 1972), English guitarist and keyboardist formerly of The Verve
- Simon Trpčeski (born 1979), Macedonian pianist
- Simon Vestdijk (1898–1971), Dutch novelist and poet
- Simon Vukčević (born 1986), Montenegrin footballer
- Simón Cano Le Tiec (born 1996), Spanish film critic
- Simon de Vlieger (1601–1653), Dutch designer, draughtsman, and marine painter
- Simon Vroemen (born 1969), Dutch steeplechase runner
- Simon Webbe (born 1978), English singer from Blue
- Simon Weston OBE (born 1961), British soldier who suffered severe burn injuries during the Falklands War
- Simon Wiesenthal (1908–2005), Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter
Biblical characters
- Simeon (Hebrew Bible), second son of Jacob and Leah
- Simon Maccabaeus (died 135 BCE), brother of Judas Maccabeus and ruler of Judea
- Simon Peter, better known as Saint Peter, one of the Twelve Apostles
- Simon the Zealot (also called Simon the Canaanite), another of the Twelve Apostles
- Simon the Leper, resident of Bethany visited by Jesus
- Simon the Tanner (New Testament), resident of Joppa with whom Peter stayed on the way to Caesarea to see Cornelius
- Simon of Cyrene, man forced to carry Jesus' cross
- Simon Magus, magician confronted by Saint Peter and namesake of the term "simony"
- Simon (brother of Jesus)
Fictional characters
- Simon Seville, a fictional animated character from Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Simon Adebisi, a sadistic Nigerian inmate in the HBO drama Oz
- Simon Bar Sinister, main antagonist in the television cartoon Underdog
- Simon Belmont, hero of the video game Castlevania
- Simon Boccanegra, pirate in a Verdi opera by the same name
- Simon Camden, one of the main characters of television drama 7th Heaven
- Simon de Belleme, a baron and evil sorcerer in the television series Robin of Sherwood
- Simon Grace, one of the main characters of The Spiderwick Chronicles, by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
- Simon Gruber, antagonist in Die Hard with a Vengeance
- Simon Lewis, one of the protagonists in The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
- Simon Illyan, chief of security in the Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Simon McKay, genius inventor played by David Rappaport on the CBS television series The Wizard.
- Simon Petrikov, more commonly known as the Ice King, a character in the animated television series Adventure Time
- Simon Phoenix, fictional criminal in the 1993 film Demolition Man
- Simon Sinestrari, protagonist of the 1971 film Simon, King of the Witches
- Simon Tam, fictional character from the television series Firefly
- Simon Templar, main character of Leslie Charteris' The Saint novels
- Simon (Gurren Lagann), protagonist of the anime series Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- Simon (Lord of the Flies), character in Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
- Simon (Trollz), main villain in the television series Trollz
- Simon, a child in the British television programme Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
- Simon, a child in the Canadian television programme The Secret Railroad
- Simon, an angel in the 1995 film The Prophecy
- Simon Silver, one of the main characters of Red Lights
- Simon Lynch, a 9-year-old autistic boy and one of the main characters in the film Mercury Rising
- Simon Escher, a recurring villain in the espionage television series Burn Notice
- Simon, a character from the animated band Prozzäk
- Simon Snow, the main character in Rainbow Rowell's novel Carry On
- Simon, a character from the television series The Walking Dead, played by Steven Ogg
- Sir Simon McDuck, a Disney character who is an ancestor of Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck
- Simon Spier the main character in Becky Albertalli's novel Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda and recent film, Love, Simon.
See also
Notes
- ↑ Barnett, Paul (2002). Jesus & the Rise of Early Christianity: A History of New Testament Times. Intervarsity Press.
- 1 2 Σίμων. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- 1 2 Greek word #4826 in Strong's
- ↑ Lachs, Samuel (1987). A Rabbinic Commentary on the New Testament: The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
- ↑ Harper, Douglas. "Simon". Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ↑ σιμός. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
- ↑ Walter Burkert, Greek Religion, Harvard University Press, 1985, p. 182.
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