SIMON  

Gender: M
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: "the listener"

Popularity in 2008: #261

Simon pure and simple (not in the nursery rhyme sense), an appealingly genuine Old and New Testament name that's not overused, so it could make a stylish choice.

Variations:
Symon, Syme, Simeon, Si, Sime, Sim, Sy, Si, Sim, Sime, Simeon, Sy, Syme, Symon

International Variations:
Samein (Arabic) Ximun (Basque) Simunek (Czech) Siemen (Dutch) Simeon, Simion (French) Simeon, Simmy (German) Semon, Symeon (Greek) Shimon, Siomon (Hebrew) Síomón, Simond, Síomón (Irish Gaelic) Simone (Italian) Symon, Szmon, Szymon (Polish) Simao (Portuguese) Simion (Romanian) Simunek, Semyon, Simeon (Russian) Sim, Simidh (Scottish Gaelic) Ximen, Ximenes, Ximens (Spanish)

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Simon is being discussed in our message boards:

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Read Nameberry blog posts about Simon:

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• HOORAY FOR HENRY: The quirky classic that manages to stay cool
• NAMEBERRY FAVES II: THE BOYS' NAMES NAMEBERRYITES LOVE MOST