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Simon (given name)

January 06, 2023

Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "listen" or "hearing".[1] It is also a classical Greek name, deriving from an adjective meaning "flat-nosed".[2]: 232 [3] In the first century AD, Simon was the most popular male name for Jews in Roman Judea.[4]

Simon
St. Simon the Zealot, by Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1611), from his Twelve Apostles series at the Museo del Prado, Madrid
GenderMale
Name dayJanuary 5 (Hungary)
May 9 (Eastern Orthodoxy)
October 28 (France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Spain)
Origin
Word/nameThe Bible
Meaning"listen"
Popularitysee popular names

The Hebrew name is Hellenised as Symeon (Greek: Συμεών) in the Septuagint, and in the New Testament as both Symeon[5] 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 (Simon's brother) sometimes bore originally Greek names.[6]: 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 (Acts 13:1) as is Simeon (Gospel of Luke) (Luke 2:25), while Peter is called Simon (John 1:44).

In other languages

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 with titles beginning with Simon.

Ancient

Medieval

Renaissance to modern

Biblical characters

Fictional characters

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Smith, William, Dr. (1901) "Entry for 'Simon'". Smith's Bible Dictionary.
  2. ^ Barnett, Paul (2002). Jesus & the Rise of Early Christianity: A History of New Testament Times. Intervarsity Press. ISBN 9780830826995.
  3. ^ a b Σίμων. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
  4. ^ Ilan, Tal (2002) Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity: Palestine 330 BCE–200 CE (Texts & Studies in Ancient Judaism, 91), Coronet Books, pp. 56–57; Hachili, R. "Hebrew Names, Personal Names, Family Names and Nicknames of Jews in the Second Temple Period," in J. W. van Henten and A. Brenner, eds., Families and Family Relations as Represented in Early Judaism and Early Christianity (STAR 2; Leiden:Deo, 2000), pp. 113–115; apud Bauckham, Richard (2017). Jesus and the Eyewitnesses (2nd ed.). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. pp. 68–72. ISBN 9780802874313. Quote (p. 71): 15.6% of men bore one of the two most popular male names, Simon and Joseph; (p. 72): for the Gospels and Acts... 18.2% of men bore one of the two most popular male names, Simon and Joseph.
  5. ^ a b Greek word #4826 in Strong's Concordance
  6. ^ Lachs, Samuel (1987). A Rabbinic Commentary on the New Testament: The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881250893.
  7. ^ Harper, Douglas. "Simon". Online Etymology Dictionary.
  8. ^ σιμός. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
  9. ^ Walter Burkert, Greek Religion, Harvard University Press, 1985, p. 182.

January 06, 2023
simon, given, name, simon, common, name, from, hebrew, עו, Šimʻôn, meaning, listen, hearing, also, classical, greek, name, deriving, from, adjective, meaning, flat, nosed, first, century, simon, most, popular, male, name, jews, roman, judea, simonst, simon, ze. Simon is a common name from Hebrew ש מ עו ן Simʻon meaning listen or hearing 1 It is also a classical Greek name deriving from an adjective meaning flat nosed 2 232 3 In the first century AD Simon was the most popular male name for Jews in Roman Judea 4 SimonSt Simon the Zealot by Peter Paul Rubens c 1611 from his Twelve Apostles series at the Museo del Prado MadridGenderMaleName dayJanuary 5 Hungary May 9 Eastern Orthodoxy October 28 France Germany Sweden Italy Spain OriginWord nameThe BibleMeaning listen Popularitysee popular namesThe Hebrew name is Hellenised as Symeon Greek Symewn in the Septuagint and in the New Testament as both Symeon 5 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 Simon s brother sometimes bore originally Greek names 6 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 Acts 13 1 as is Simeon Gospel of Luke Luke 2 25 while Peter is called Simon John 1 44 Contents 1 In other languages 2 List of people with the given name Simon 2 1 Ancient 2 2 Medieval 2 3 Renaissance to modern 2 4 Biblical characters 2 5 Fictional characters 3 See also 4 NotesIn other languages EditAncient Greek Simwn Simon This name appears in Greek mythology as one of the Telchines In Greek means flat nosed 7 3 8 9 Symewn is the Hellenization of the name found in the Septuagint and parts of the New Testament 5 this form continues in use through the mediaeval era viz Symeon the New Theologian Albanian Simon Simeon Amharic ስምዖን Smeon Arabic س م ع ان Simʻan ش م ع ون Samʻun Aramaic old Simʻōn Shim on Aramaic middle and modern ܫܡܥܘܢ Semʻun Shem un Semʻan Semaan Aragonese Simon Azerbaijani Simon Basque Simon or sometimes Ximun Belarusian Symon Symon Syamyon Sjamyon Bengali স ইমন Saimon শ মন Simon স মন Simon Breton Simon Bulgarian Simeon Simeon Catalan Simo Chinese Simplified 西蒙 Ximeng 西门 Ximen Chinese Traditional 西蒙 Ximeng 西門 Ximen Croatian Simun Czech Simon Danish Simon Dutch Simon Simeon Siem English Simon Esperanto Simono Estonian Siimon Siim Simon Siimeon Faroese Simun Simin Simona Mona Finnish Simo Simon Simeoni French Simon Galician Simon Georgian სჳმეონ Swimeon სჳმონ Swimon სიმონ Simon German Simon Greek Symewn Simeon Symos Simos Gujarati સ મ ન Simōna Hebrew שמעון Simʻōn Shimeon Shimon Hindi स इमन Sa imana Hmong Ximoos Hungarian Semjen Simon Icelandic Simon Indonesian Simon Irish Siomon Italian Simone Japanese サイモン Saimon シメオン Simeon シモン Shimon Kannada ಸ ಮನ Saiman Korean 시몬 Simon Latin Simeonus Simonis Symeon Latvian Simanis Simans Simons Saimons Lithuanian Simonas Simonas Macedonian Simon Simon Simeon Simeon Malayalam ശ മയ ൻ Shimayon സ മൺ Simon Chummar ച മ മ ർ Maltese Xmun Maori Haimona Marathi स यमन Sayamana Mongolian Simon Simon Nepali स म न Simōna Norwegian Simon Simen Occitan Simon Persian Saman Polish Szymon Portuguese Simao Prekmurje dialect of Slovene Simon Punjabi ਸ ਮਊਨ Sama una Quechua Simun Romanian Simion Russian Simon Simon Semyon Semyon Scottish Gaelic Sim Serbian Simon Simon Simeon Simeon Simeun Simeun Simo Simo Slovak Simon Simon Slovene Simon Spanish Simon Jimeno Swahili Simoni Swedish Simon Syriac ܫܡܥܘܢ Shemon pronounced ʃɛmʕon Tamil ச மன Caimaṉ Telugu స మ న Simonu Thai ismxn Sị mxn Tigrinya ስምኦን Simi on Ukrainian Semen Semen Simon Symon Sajmon Saymon Urdu سائمن Vietnamese Sỹ Minh Xi Mong Welsh Simwnt Seimon Turkish simon Yiddish שמעוןList of people with the given name Simon EditSimon is a common name and below is just a selection of notable people For a comprehensive list see All pages with titles beginning with Simon Ancient Edit Simon the Shoemaker 5th century BCE friend of Socrates Simon Thassi r 141 135 BCE high priest of Jerusalem and ruler of Judaea Simon of Peraea died 4 BCE Jewish rebel mentioned by Josephus Simon the Zealot apostle of Jesus 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 martyrMedieval Edit Simeon I of Bulgaria died 927 tsar of the First Bulgarian Empire 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 leaderRenaissance to modern Edit Simon Abeywickrema 1903 1948 Sri Lankan politician Simon Abkarian born 1962 French actor Simon Adjei born 1993 Swedish footballer Simon Ammann born 1981 Swiss ski jumper Simon Amstell born 1979 English television presenter Simon Armitage born 1979 English poet playwright and novelist who was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2019 Simon Appiah Asamoah born 2002 Ghanaian footballer 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 Baynes British politician 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 Simon Bolivar 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 Chang born 1947 Chinese Canadian fashion designer Simon Conway Morris born 1951 English palaeontologist Simon Coveney born 1972 Irish government minister 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 Dring 1945 2021 British journalist and television presenter Simon During born 1950 New Zealand Australian academic Simon Episcopius 1583 1643 Dutch theologian and Remonstrant Simon Fairweather born 1969 Australian archer Simon Farine born 1987 Canadian basketball player Simon Fernando Sri Chandrasekera 1829 1908 Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman Simon Gagne 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 Jolin Barrette Canadian lawyer and politician from Quebec Simon Joyner born 1971 American singer songwriter 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 MacCorkindale British actor 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 Miller Wrestling Journalist for WhatCulture and Professional wrestler 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 Petliura 1879 1926 Ukrainian politician and journalist 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 Rosenbaum baseball born 1993 American Israeli baseball player with Team Israel Simon Schama born 1945 English historian specializing in art Dutch and French history Simon Sears born 1984 Danish actor Simon Shirley born 1966 Australian decathlete Simon Shnapir born 1987 American Olympic medalist pair skater Simon Singer born 1941 American world champion American handball player and radio and television actor Simon Sjodin born 1986 Swedish swimmer Simon Steel born 1969 English cricketer Simon van der Stel 1639 1712 Dutch Governor of the Cape Colony Simon Stepaniak born 1997 American football player Simon Stevin 1548 1620 Netherlandish mathematician physicist and engineer Simon Tahamata born 1956 Dutch and Belgian footballer Simon Terry 1974 2021 British archer Simon Townsend born 1945 Australian Children s show host and producer Simon Tong born 1972 English guitarist and keyboardist formerly of The Verve Simon Trpceski born 1979 Macedonian pianist Simon Vestdijk 1898 1971 Dutch novelist and poet Simon Vukcevic born 1986 Montenegrin footballer Simon 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 Simon Yam born 1955 Hong Kong actor director Simeon II of Bulgaria born 1937 tsar of the Kingdom of BulgariaBiblical characters Edit 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 Edit Simon Adebisi a sadistic Nigerian inmate in the HBO drama Oz Simon Bar Sinister main antagonist in the television cartoon Underdog Simon Basset a character in Bridgerton Simon de Belleme a baron and evil sorcerer in the television series Robin of Sherwood Simon Belmont one of the main characters of the video game series 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 P Chillings a character who appeared in 5 episodes of The Punky Brewster TV sitcom Simon Doyle played by Simon MacCorkindale in the movie Death on the Nile Simon Escher a recurring villain in the espionage television series Burn Notice Simon Gold a uncle of Sally Gold in Tennessee Williams s Little New Orleans Girl 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 Henriksson the main protagonist of Cry of Fear Simon Laurent a character from Infinity Train Simon Legree the antagonist of Uncle Tom s Cabin Simon Lewis one of the protagonists in The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare Simon Lynch a 9 year old autistic boy and one of the main characters in the film Mercury Rising Sir Simon McDuck a Disney character who is an ancestor of Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck 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 Seville a fictional animated character from Alvin and the Chipmunks Simon Silver one of the main characters of Red Lights Simon Sinestrari protagonist of the 1971 film Simon King of the Witches Simon Snow the main character in Rainbow Rowell s novel Carry On Simon Spier the main character in Becky Albertalli s novel Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda its follow up Leah on the Offbeat and film adaptation Love Simon 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 a character from the animated band Prozzak Simon a character from the television series The Walking Dead played by Steven Ogg Simple Simon a character from Simon Says Simon Mitterer an Austrian Lawyer with special hiking and navigation skills See also EditSimon surname Simon disambiguation Notes Edit Smith William Dr 1901 Entry for Simon Smith s Bible Dictionary Barnett Paul 2002 Jesus amp the Rise of Early Christianity A History of New Testament Times Intervarsity Press ISBN 9780830826995 a b Simwn Liddell Henry George Scott Robert A Greek English Lexicon at the Perseus Project Ilan Tal 2002 Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity Palestine 330 BCE 200 CE Texts amp Studies in Ancient Judaism 91 Coronet Books pp 56 57 Hachili R Hebrew Names Personal Names Family Names and Nicknames of Jews in the Second Temple Period in J W van Henten and A Brenner eds Families and Family Relations as Represented in Early Judaism and Early Christianity STAR 2 Leiden Deo 2000 pp 113 115 apud Bauckham Richard 2017 Jesus and the Eyewitnesses 2nd ed Wm B Eerdmans Publishing pp 68 72 ISBN 9780802874313 Quote p 71 15 6 of men bore one of the two most popular male names Simon and Joseph p 72 for the Gospels and Acts 18 2 of men bore one of the two most popular male names Simon and Joseph a b Greek word 4826 in Strong s Concordance Lachs Samuel 1987 A Rabbinic Commentary on the New Testament The Gospels of Matthew Mark and Luke KTAV Publishing House Inc ISBN 9780881250893 Harper Douglas Simon Online Etymology Dictionary simos Liddell Henry George Scott Robert A Greek English Lexicon at the Perseus Project Walter Burkert Greek Religion Harvard University Press 1985 p 182 This page or section lists people that share the same given name If an internal link led you here you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Simon given name amp oldid 1129538093, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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