Simone
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About Simone
Simone, the elegant French feminization of Simon, strikes that all-important balance between unusual and familiar, and it's oozing with Gallic sophistication. A dated choice in its native France, gymnast Simone Biles brings new bounce and spark to name.
Meaning "to listen, to hear, to hearken", it is a sophisticated choice, though depending on where you are, the pronunciation may vary. English speakers may say it with a long O sound in the second syllable, whereas in French, it is more like the sound in "bought". In Dutch and German, however, it is pronounced with three syllables.
Two French philosophers are notable bearers of the name: feminist icon Simone de Beauvoir, author of the influential The Second Sex, and Simone Weil. There are also two notable young athletes with the name: the aforementioned Simone Biles, who set a US record high of four medals in a single Olympics, and Simone Manuel, who became the first African-American female swimmer to bring home a gold.
The actress who played the lead in the iconic French horror movie Cat People is Simone Simon, while Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has a daughter named Simone; Chris Rock used it in the middle place for his daughter, as did Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates
As of October 2026, Simone ranked #998 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #311 in 1988, Nameberry popularity #299.
Editor's take: The name Simone is a girl's name of Hebrew, French origin meaning "listening, hearkening".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #719 | 390 | 218.3 |
| 2015 | #826 | 340 | 190.5 |
| 2016 | #748 | 382 | 215.6 |
| 2017 | #749 | 375 | 217.2 |
| 2018 | #732 | 386 | 226.9 |
| 2019 | #707 | 406 | 241.9 |
| 2020 | #860 | 314 | 194.2 |
| 2021 | #877 | 311 | 189.5 |
| 2022 | #962 | 280 | 170.7 |
| 2023 | #926 | 287 | 178.9 |
| 2024 | #1,040 | 241 | 148.7 |
| 2025 | #998 | 254 | 158 |
World rankings
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Simone on lists
Famous Simones
- Simone Thérèse Fernande Simon
French actress
- Simone Henriette Charlotte Signoret
French actress
- Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir
French feminist theorist
- Simone Arianne Biles
American gymnast
- Simone Weil
French philosopher and mystic
- Simone Elkeles
American novelist
- Simone Giertz
Internet personality, Robot enthusiast and inventor from Sweden based in San Francisco.
- Simone (born Lisa Celeste Stroud)
American singer/actress; daughter of singer Nina Simone
- Simone Annie Liline Veil
a famous French politician and lawyer; 12th President of the European Parliament
- Simone Giertz
Internet personality from Sweden based in
- Simone Melchior Cousteau
French wife of undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau; first woman scuba diver and aquanaut
- Simone Johanna Maria Simons
Dutch singer,songwriter of metal band Epica
- Simone de Oliveira
Portuguese singer and actress
- Simone Fleurice Eden
American model; daughter of model Carol Eden
- Simone Egeriis
Danish pop singer
- Simone Denny
Canadian pop singer
- Simone "Simca" Beck
French cookbook author and chef
- Simone Manuel
American swimmer
- Simone Naomi Charley
American soccer player
- Simone Dinnerstein
American pianist
- Nina Simone
American singer and activist
- Simone LeMond (b. 1990)
daughter of cyclist Greg LeMond
- Simone Rivera Cruickshank (b. 1994)
daughter of TV host Geraldo Rivera
- Simone Burnett (b. 1997)
daughter of singer Sam Phillips and producer T,Bone Burnett
- Simone Alexandra Johnson (b. 2001)
daughter of actor/wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
- Simone Reid (b. 2003)
daughter of singer Jim Reid of the Jesus and Mary Chain
- Lola Simone Rock (b. 2002)
daughter of comedian Chris Rock
- Luna Simone Stephens (b.2016)
daughter of model Chrissy Teigen and singer John Legend
- Arabella Simone Eigenmann (b.2017)
daughter of Geoff Eigenmann
Simone in pop culture
- Simone Cassidy
protagonist of the Treasure Huntress book series
- Simone Davis
main character from the TV show Star
- Simone Sinclair
character on TV's "
- Simone Daniels
character in film "Prom"
- Simone
character in "Does My Head Look Big in This?" by Randa Abdel,Fattah
- Simone Deveaux
character on TV's "Heroes"
- Simone
character on TV's "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
- Simone
dog on TV's "The Partridge Family"
- Simone
character in 2002 film "S1m0ne"
- Simone Lenoir
character in animated film "Scooby,Doo on Zombie Island"
- Simone Adamley
character in film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
- Simone
character on TV's "Weeds"
- Simone (stylized as S1M0NE) is a 2002 American science
fiction film written, produced and directed by Andrew Niccol. It stars Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Evan Rachel Wood, Rachel Roberts, Jay Mohr and Winona Ryder, Simone in this movie is short for "Simulation One"
- Simone Jackson
Disco singer from "Daisy Jones & The Six"
Variations & nicknames
- XimeniaBasque
- SimonaItalian
- SimonettaItalian
- CimonaSpanish
- JimenaSpanish
- XimeneBasque
- SimonetteFrench
- SimengChinese