Simon
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English Simon, from Latin Simon, from Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn, “hearkening”). In Britain, confusion arose at an early date due to similarity with native Sigmund (Siegmund), and its Norman introduced variant, Simund. Doublet of Simeon.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSimon (plural Simons)
- Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 10:2–4, columns 2–1:
- Now the names of the twelue Apoſtles are theſe: The firſt, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, Iames the ſonne of Zebedee, and Iohn his brother: Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the Publicane, Iames the ſonne of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whoſe ſurname was Thaddeus: Simon the Canaanite, and Iudas Iſcariot, who alſo betrayed him.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- 1996, Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 379:
- His first name is Simon. I wonder why his mother named him that, or it may have been his father. My own father never bothered with the naming of us, it was up to Mother and Aunt Pauline. There is Simon Peter the Apostle, of course, who was made a fisher of men by our Lord. But there is also Simple Simon. Met a pie man, going to the fair.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 2016, Vanessa Knights, Ian Biddle, Music, National Identity and the Politics of Location, page 52:
- Western musicians such as Peter Gabriel, Sting, Paul Simon and David Byrne
Derived terms
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Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Simon is the 397th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 80,460 individuals. Simon is most common among White (65.09%) and Black (22.51%) individuals.
See also
editNoun
editSimon (plural Simons)
- Alternative letter-case form of simon (“sixpence coin”)
- 1721, [Colley] Cibber, The Refusal; or, The Ladies Philosophy: A Comedy. […], London: […] B[arnaby Bernard] Lintot, […]; W[illiam] Mears, […]; and W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […], →OCLC, Act I, pages 9–10:
- […] I ovve Crop the Lender a Brace, and if I have a ſingle Simon to pay him, rot me: […]
Anagrams
editCebuano
editEtymology
editFrom English Simon. Also from Spanish Simón.
Proper noun
editSimon
- a male given name from English or Spanish
- (biblical) Simon
Danish
editProper noun
editSimon
- Simon (biblical figure)
- a male given name
Related terms
editReferences
edit- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 551 males with the given name Simon have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSimon
- Simon (biblical figure)
- a male given name
Declension
editInflection of Simon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Simon | — | |
genitive | Simonin | — | |
partitive | Simonia | — | |
illative | Simoniin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Simon | — | |
accusative | nom. | Simon | — |
gen. | Simonin | ||
genitive | Simonin | — | |
partitive | Simonia | — | |
inessive | Simonissa | — | |
elative | Simonista | — | |
illative | Simoniin | — | |
adessive | Simonilla | — | |
ablative | Simonilta | — | |
allative | Simonille | — | |
essive | Simonina | — | |
translative | Simoniksi | — | |
abessive | Simonitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
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editStatistics
edit- Simon is the 312th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,290 male individuals (and as a middle name to 480 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 8 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Proper noun
editSimon
Anagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSimon m
- Simon (biblical figure)
- a male given name
- a surname originating as a patronymic
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- (feminine form): Simone
Anagrams
editGerman
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSimon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Simons)
- Simon (biblical figure)
- a male given name
Proper noun
editSimon m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Simons or (with an article) Simon, feminine genitive Simon, plural Simons)
- a surname originating as a patronymic
Derived terms
edit- Simone f
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSimon
- a male given name
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Simon | Simonok |
accusative | Simont | Simonokat |
dative | Simonnak | Simonoknak |
instrumental | Simonnal | Simonokkal |
causal-final | Simonért | Simonokért |
translative | Simonná | Simonokká |
terminative | Simonig | Simonokig |
essive-formal | Simonként | Simonokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Simonban | Simonokban |
superessive | Simonon | Simonokon |
adessive | Simonnál | Simonoknál |
illative | Simonba | Simonokba |
sublative | Simonra | Simonokra |
allative | Simonhoz | Simonokhoz |
elative | Simonból | Simonokból |
delative | Simonról | Simonokról |
ablative | Simontól | Simonoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Simoné | Simonoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Simonéi | Simonokéi |
Possessive forms of Simon | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Simonom | Simonjaim |
2nd person sing. | Simonod | Simonjaid |
3rd person sing. | Simonja | Simonjai |
1st person plural | Simonunk | Simonjaink |
2nd person plural | Simonotok | Simonjaitok |
3rd person plural | Simonjuk | Simonjaik |
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), itself from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (Šimʿōn)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsi.mon/, [ˈs̠ɪmɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.mon/, [ˈsiːmon]
Proper noun
editSimon m sg (genitive Simōnis); third declension
- A Christian male given name from Biblical Hebrew
Declension
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Simon |
genitive | Simōnis |
dative | Simōnī |
accusative | Simōnem |
ablative | Simōne |
vocative | Simon |
Descendants
edit- → Italian: Simone
Middle English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Simon, from Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn, “hearkening”). Compare also sī̆mō̆n.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSimon
- a male given name
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “Simon”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian
editProper noun
editSimon
- Simon (biblical figure)
- a male given name
Related terms
editSlovene
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSȋmon m anim
- a male given name
Declension
editMasculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | Simon | ||
gen. sing. | Simona | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Simon | Simona | Simoni |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Simona | Simonov | Simonov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
Simonu | Simonoma | Simonom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Simona | Simona | Simone |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Simonu | Simonih | Simonih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Simonom | Simonoma | Simoni |
Further reading
edit- “Simon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Swedish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editSimon c (genitive Simons)
- Simon (biblical figure)
- a male given name
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Simon. Cognate with English Simon.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [si˧˧ mɔn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂɪj˧˧ mɔŋ˧˧] ~ [sɪj˧˧ mɔŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂɪj˧˧ mɔŋ˧˧] ~ [sɪj˧˧ mɔŋ˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: si mon
Proper noun
editSimon
Synonyms
edit- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/aɪmən
- Rhymes:English/aɪmən/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Hebrew
- English surnames
- English surnames from patronymics
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Biblical characters
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from Spanish
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano given names
- Cebuano male given names
- Cebuano male given names from English
- Cebuano male given names from Spanish
- ceb:Biblical characters
- ceb:Individuals
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- da:Biblical characters
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/imon
- Rhymes:Finnish/imon/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Finnish non-lemma forms
- Finnish proper noun forms
- fi:Biblical characters
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French given names
- French male given names
- French surnames
- French surnames from patronymics
- fr:Biblical characters
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German given names
- German male given names
- German feminine nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
- German surnames
- German surnames from patronymics
- de:Biblical characters
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/on
- Rhymes:Hungarian/on/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- Hungarian given names
- Hungarian male given names
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin given names
- Latin male given names
- Latin male given names from Biblical Hebrew
- Middle English terms borrowed from Latin
- Middle English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Middle English terms derived from Latin
- Middle English terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English proper nouns
- Middle English given names
- Middle English male given names
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian male given names
- no:Biblical characters
- Slovene 2-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene proper nouns
- Slovene masculine animate nouns
- Slovene masculine nouns
- Slovene animate nouns
- Slovene given names
- Slovene male given names
- Slovene masculine hard o-stem nouns
- Requests for accents in Slovene noun entries
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names
- sv:Biblical characters
- Vietnamese terms derived from Latin
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese proper nouns
- vi:Roman Catholicism
- vi:Biblical characters
- vi:Individuals