Meaning, origin and history of the name Shimon

Gender Masculine

Pronounced Pron. /ʃim.ˈʔon/ (Hebrew) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Hebrew form of Simeon (and Simon 1).

VariantShim'i (Biblical Hebrew)

Other Languages & CulturesSimon (Armenian) Ximun (Basque) Siamion (Belarusian) Shimei, Simeon, Simon (Biblical) Simon, Symeon (Biblical Greek) Simon, Symeon (Biblical Latin) Simeon (Bulgarian) Šimun, Šime, Šimo (Croatian) Šimon (Czech) Simon (Danish) Siemen, Simon, Siem (Dutch) Simon (English) Siim (Estonian) Simo (Finnish) Siméon, Simon (French) Siemen (Frisian) Simon (Georgian) Simon (German) Simon (Hungarian) Simeone, Simone (Italian) Simonas, Simas (Lithuanian) Simon, Sime (Macedonian) Ximeno (Medieval Spanish) Simon, Simen (Norwegian) Szymon (Polish) Simão (Portuguese) Simion, Simon (Romanian) Semen, Semion, Semyon (Russian) Simeon, Simo (Serbian) Šimon (Slovak) Simon (Slovene) Simeón, Simón, Jimeno (Spanish) Simon (Swedish) Semen, Symon (Ukrainian) Shimmel (Yiddish)

User SubmissionShimon

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Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h8095, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h8095.