Simon

SY-mon, see-MON

Hebrew, Greek

"he has heard; flat-nosed"

Simon Origin and Meaning

Variation of Shimon

Simon Rank in US Top 1000

# 252 in the US

Simon Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 81 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Simon

• 252 US 2024
• 81 Nameberry 2025
• 145 Canada 2024
• 215 Future 2028
• 528 England 2024
• 56 France 2024
• 80 Germany 2024
• 97 Netherlands 2016
• 81 sweden 2016
• 97 Belgium 2022
• 87 switzerland 2024
• 22 Austria 2024
• 80 Hungary 2024
• 25 Cats 2023

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Famous People Named Simon

• Simon the Zealot Biblical apostle
• Simon Magus Biblical Samaritan converted by Philip the Evangelist
• Simon Peter original name of Saint Peter
• Simon father of Judas Iscariot (John 8:71)
• Simon Bolivar (born Jose Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolivar y Palacios Ponte y Blanco) South American revolutionary
• Simon Baker Australian actor
• Simon Phillip Cowell English music producer and TV competition show judge
• Simon Fuller English producer who created the Pop Idol/American Idol franchise
• Simon Helberg American actor
• Simon Michael Schama English historian
• Simon Amstell English comedian
• Simon John Charles Le Bon lead singer of English band Duran Duran
• Simon John Pegg English actor, comedian and director
• Simon Nessman Canadian male model
• Simon Aspelin Swedish tennis player
• Simon Proulx Sénécal, Canadian ice dancer who represents Armenia
• Simon Williams English actor
• Simon Townshend English musician, brother of musician Pete Townshend
• Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester, briefly ruled England after rebelling against Henry III
• Simon IV of Montfort lord of Montfort,l'Amaury, 5th earl of Leicester, French crusader
• Simon Thassi led 1st century B.C. Jewish revolt against the Seleucids
• Simon Solomon Webbe singer with English boy band Blue
• Simon Jonathon Gallup bassist for English band The Cure
• Paul Simon American musician of Simon & Garfunkel
• Simon Dominic South Korean rapper
• Simon van Kempen husband of "The Real Housewives of New York" star Alex McCord
• Simon Edward Minter aka Miniminter British YouTuber
• Simon Philip Yates professional cyclist and 2018 Vuelta winner
• Simon Bird comedic actor from the UK
• Simon Majumdar British,born cookbook author

The name Simon in Pop Culture

• Simon Lewis character in the "Mortal Instruments" series
• Simon Tam a character from the TV show "Firefly"
• Simon Spier the main character in "Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda" By Becky Albertalli
• Simon Snow the main character of Rainbow Rowell's "Carry On"
• Simon the Digger ('Shimon') character from anime "Gurren Lagann"
• Simon character in book/movie "Lord of The Flies"
• Simon Camden character on TV's "7th Heaven"
• Simon Belmont character from video game series "Castlevania"
• Simon Legree cruel slave,owner in novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
• Simon Tappertit apprentice to Gabriel Varden in "Barnaby Rudge"
• Simon Cooper character from UK TV series "The Inbetweeners"
• Simon Grace character from the "Spiderwick Chronicles"
• Simon from "Alvin and the Chipmunks"
• Simon Bellamy character on British TV series Misfits
• Simon Moon character on TV's "Frasier"
• Simon Beaumont character on TV's "Ravenswood"
• Simon James Jesse Eisenberg's character in movie "The Doubl"
• Simon Snow hero of a made,up book series in "Fangirl" by Rainbow Rowell
• Simon Blackquill character from video game 'Ace Attorney'
• Simon Monroe a character from the British TV show "In the Flesh"
• Simon Brown character in the "Nanny McPhee" series
• Simon "Wicksy" Wicks character on British soap "EastEnders"
• Simon John Barlow character on British soap "Coronation Street"
• Simon Hawke character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
• Simon Adamsson character in "Sims" series
• Simon British ship's cat awarded the Dickin Medal
• "Simon " 1980 movie, starring Alan Arkin
• "Simon " 2004 movie
• Simon pseudonymic writer of the 1977 'Simon Necronomicon"
• "Simon " album by the band Gruvis Malt
• "Simon & Simon " television series with brother detectives
• "Simon Says " children's game
• Simple Simon nursery rhyme character
• Simon Fraser University school in B.C., Canada
• Simon & Schuster U.S. book publishers
• Simon Stagg character on TV's "The Flash"
• Simon character in Aphmau's YouTube series "Dreams of Estorra"
• Simon character in the horror movie "Session 9"
• Simon Asher character on ABC's "Quantico"
• Simon "Peter" Davidson character in "Age of the Gray"
• Simon Battersea character in Joan Aiken's "Wolves Chronicles" series
• Simon Emmett character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain
• Simon electronic game of memory skill, available since 1978
• Simon Williams Character in avengers earth mightiest heroes show also known as Wonder Man.
• Simon Laurent main character in the animated series “Infinity Train”

International Variations of the name Simon

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