Simon (given name)


Simon is a given name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "listen" or "hearing". It is also a classical Greek name, deriving from an adjective meaning "flat-nosed". In the first century AD, Simon was the most popular male name for Jews in Roman Judea.
The Hebrew name is Hellenised as Symeon in the Septuagint, and in the New Testament as both Symeon and, according to most authorities, Simon. Simon is one Latinised version of the name, the others being Symeon or Simeon.

In other languages

  • . This name appears in Greek mythology as one of the Telchines. In Greek means "flat-nosed". Συμεών is the Hellenization of the name found in the Septuagint and parts of the New Testament, this form continues in use through the mediaeval era, viz. Symeon the New Theologian.
  • , Simeon
  • , Smeon
  • , شَمْعُون
  • Aramaic : ܫܡܥܘܢ
  • or, sometimes, Ximun
  • , Сямён
  • , শিমন, সিমন
  • Chinese: 西蒙, 西門, 賽門. 西蒙 is usually used to refer to Σίμων of Ancient Greek origin, while 西門 usually refers to Συμεών of Hebrew origin. 西門 is also a purely Chinese surname and has nothing to do with Σίμων or Συμεών.
  • , Simeon, Siem
  • English: Simon
  • , Siim, Simon, Siimeon
  • , Símin, Simona, Mona
  • , Simon, Simeoni
  • სჳმეონ, სჳმონ, სიმონ
  • , Σύμος
  • , Simon
  • , シメオン（Simeon ), シモン
  • , Simonis, Simeon
  • , Sīmans, Simons, Saimons
  • , Šimonas
  • , Симеон
  • , സൈമൺ, ചുമ്മാർ
  • , Simen
  • - non-native; used for foreign names and canonic Orthodox saints; Семён, Сёма
  • , Симеон, Симеун, Симо
  • , Šimon
  • , Jimeno
  • , Simon, Şimon
  • , Симон
  • , Xi Mông
  • , Seimon

  • Notable people with the given name Simon or Simón

For a comprehensive list see.

Ancient

  • Simon the Shoemaker, friend of Socrates
  • Simon Thassi, high priest of Jerusalem and ruler of Judaea
  • Simon of Peraea, Jewish rebel mentioned by Josephus
  • Simon the Zealot, apostle of Jesus
  • Simon bar Giora,, Judean leader in the First Jewish-Roman War
  • Simon bar Kokhba, Jewish rebel leader
  • Simon bar Yochai, rabbi
  • Simon of Bet-Parsaje, Christian martyred with Mana of Bet-Parsaje
  • Simon of Bet-Titta, Christian martyr

    Medieval

  • Simeon I of Bulgaria, tsar of the First Bulgarian Empire
  • Simon the Tanner, Coptic saint
  • Simon of Kalocsa, Hungarian prelate
  • Simon , Hungarian prelate
  • Simon of Worcester, English Bishop of Worcester
  • Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester Leader of the barons against Henry III
  • Simon Kacsics, Hungarian lord
  • Simon Kacsics, Count of the Székelys, Hungarian lord
  • Simon of Southwell, canon lawyer and Treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral
  • Simon Sudbury English Archbishop and Lord Chancellor
  • Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow, Russian Orthodox leader

    Renaissance to modern

  • Simon Abeywickrema, Sri Lankan politician
  • Simon Abkarian, French actor
  • Simon Adingra, Ivorian footballer
  • Simon Adjei, Swedish footballer
  • Simon Pardiñas López, Spanish dentist
  • Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
  • Simon Amstell, English television presenter
  • Simon Armitage, English poet, playwright and novelist who was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2019
  • Simon Appiah Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer
  • Simon Arora, British billionaire businessman
  • Simon Aspelin, Swedish tennis player
  • Simon Baker, Australian actor and director
  • Simon Barere, Russian-born American pianist
  • Simon Baron-Cohen, British autism researcher
  • Simon Baynes, British politician
  • Simon Beckett, British journalist and author
  • Simon Bengtsson, Swedish footballer
  • Simon Bening, Flemish miniaturist
  • Simon van den Bergh, Dutch margarine manufacturer, founder of Unilever
  • Simón Bolívar, Latin American military and political leader
  • Simon Bolivar Buckner, American soldier and Governor of Kentucky
  • Simon Callow, British actor
  • Simon Cameron, American politician and Secretary of War
  • Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch poet, columnist and satirist
  • Simon Chang , Chinese-Canadian fashion designer
  • Simon Chang , Premier of the Republic of China
  • Simon J. Clark, British protein biochemist
  • Simon Conway Morris, English palaeontologist
  • Simon Coveney, Irish government minister
  • Simon Cowell, British television personality
  • Simon Dach, Prussian lyrical poet
  • Simon Dallow, New Zealand television journalist
  • Simon Davies, several people
  • Simon Dobler, German trampoline gymnast
  • Simon Donaldson, English mathematician
  • Simon Dring, British journalist and television presenter
  • Simon During, New Zealand-Australian academic
  • Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and Remonstrant
  • Simon Fairweather, Australian archer
  • Simon Farine, Canadian basketball player
  • Simon Fernando Sri Chandrasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman
  • Simon Fisher-Becker, British stage, television and film actor
  • Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Simon Gallup, bassist in English rock band The Cure
  • Simon Harris, Irish Fine Gael politician, Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael since 2024
  • Simon Harris , British music producer
  • Simon Helberg, American actor, comedian, and musician
  • Simon Heslop, English footballer
  • Simon Jackson, British playwright, filmmaker and poet
  • Simon Jolin-Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician from Quebec
  • Simon Joyner, American singer-songwriter
  • Simon Karam, Lebanese lawyer and diplomat
  • Simon Katich, Australian test cricketer
  • Simon Keenlyside, British baritone
  • Simon Kidane, Ethiopian basketball player
  • Simon Kuper, British author
  • Simon Lane, British comedian and YouTuber
  • Simon Le Bon, lead singer of English band Duran Duran
  • Simon Lindholm, Finnish footballer
  • Simon MacCorkindale, British actor
  • Simon Madden, Australian footballer
  • Simon Magalashvili, Israeli Olympic judoka
  • Simon Maljevac, Slovenian politician
  • Simon Mann, British Army officer and convicted mercenary
  • Simon Marcus, Canadian kickboxer
  • Simon van der Meer, Dutch particle physicist and Nobel Laureate
  • Simon Mignolet, Belgian football player
  • Simon Miller, wrestling journalist for WhatCulture and professional wrestler
  • Simon Moabi, Motswana MP
  • Simon Monjack, British filmmaker
  • Simon Neil, Scottish guitarist and lead singer of Biffy Clyro
  • Simon Oakland, American actor
  • Simon Okker, Dutch Olympic fencer killed in Auschwitz
  • Simon Pegg, English writer and actor
  • Simon Poulsen, Danish footballer
  • Simon Pryce, Australian children's lead singer of The Wiggles
  • Simon Rex, American actor and rapper
  • Simon H. Rifkind, American lawyer and judge
  • Simon Rosenbaum , American-Israeli baseball player with Team Israel
  • Simon Schama, English historian specializing in art, Dutch, and French history
  • Simon Sears, Danish actor
  • Simon Shirley, Australian decathlete
  • Simon Shnapir, American Olympic medalist pair skater
  • Simon Singer, American world champion American handball player, and radio and television actor
  • Simon Sjödin, Swedish swimmer
  • Simon Skrabb, Finnish footballer
  • Simon Steel, English cricketer
  • Simon van der Stel, Dutch Governor of the Cape Colony
  • Simon Stepaniak, American football player
  • Simon Stevin, Netherlandish mathematician, physicist and engineer
  • Simon Tahamata, Dutch and Belgian footballer
  • Simon Terry, British archer
  • Simon Townsend, Australian children's show host and producer
  • Simon Tong, English guitarist and keyboardist formerly of The Verve
  • Simon Trpčeski, Macedonian pianist
  • Simon Vestdijk, Dutch novelist and poet
  • Simon Vukčević, Montenegrin footballer
  • Simon de Vlieger, Dutch designer, draughtsman, and marine painter
  • Simon Vroemen, Dutch steeplechase runner
  • Simon Webbe, English singer and rapper from Blue
  • Simon Weston, British soldier who suffered severe burn injuries during the Falklands War
  • Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter
  • Simon Yam, Hong Kong actor/director
  • Simeon II of Bulgaria, tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria

    Biblical characters

  • Simeon, second son of Jacob and Leah
  • Simon Maccabaeus, brother of Judas Maccabeus and ruler of Judea
  • Simon Peter, better known as Saint Peter, one of the Twelve Apostles
  • Simon the Zealot, another of the Twelve Apostles
  • Simon the Leper, resident of Bethany visited by Jesus
  • Simon the Tanner, 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

    Fictional characters

  • Simon Adebisi, a sadistic Nigerian inmate in the HBO drama Oz
  • Simon Alvarez, a main character in Soy Luna
  • Simon Bar Sinister, main antagonist in the television cartoon Underdog
  • 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, an 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 Kelleher, the victim in Karen McManus's One of Us Is Lying
  • Simon Lasker, a Marvel Comics character and member of the X-Men
  • 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 "Ghost" Riley, a popular campaign and playable character appearing in several games from the Call of Duty video game franchise, and the subject of a series of graphic novels
  • 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, protagonist of the anime series Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
  • Simon, character in Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
  • Simon, 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, a character from the animated band Prozzäk
  • Simon, a character from the television series The Walking Dead, played by Steven Ogg
  • Simple Simon, a character from Simon Says