Name: Simon
Gender: Male
Usage: Simon, of biblical origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Simon are in general originating from Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Simon across the world, see Simeon.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Simon is: Listening, It is heard.
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Numerology of the first name Simon: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Simon is ranked on the 211th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 2772400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.038% of the population. The name Simon has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Simon for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Simon is 28 October.
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History and Origin
Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "He (God) has heard." Some authors consider it a classical Greek name. Commentators on the New Testament question the origin of the name, assuming that it can be either a hellenised form of the Hebrew Shim'on, or a real Greek name.
Usual English form of Simeon. This form of the name is borne in the New Testament by various characters: two apostles, a brother of Jesus, a Pharisee, a leper, a tanner, a sorcerer (who offered money for the gifts of the Holy Ghost, giving rise to the term simony), and the man who carried Jesus's cross to the Crucifixion.
Cognates: Irish Gaelic: Síomón. Scottish Gaelic: Sìm, Simidh. Dutch, Low German: Siemen. Polish: Szymon. Czech: Šimon. Russian: Semyon. Hebrew: Shimon.
Pet forms: Czech: Ši(on)ek, Simůnek, Simeček.
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