Simon

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Old Swedish Old Swedish
Old Danish Old Danish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Nordic spelling of Σιμων (Simon), a Greek form of the Hebrew name שִׁמְעוֹן (Shim'on) = 'he has heard, hearkening' [1] [2]

2) Greek simós = 'snub nose'

3) "Latinised" form of Sigmundr

Related Names

     
Sema ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Semen ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Semjon ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Semoi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Siim ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Siimon ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Siimoni ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Siimuut ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Greenlandic
Sima ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Simana ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Sime ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Simen ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Simeon ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Símeon ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Simeoni ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Simi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Simian ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Simion ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Simit ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Simmá ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Simme ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Swedish Swedish
Simmon ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Simo ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Simoen ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Simon ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Danish Old Norse Old Swedish Swedish
Símon ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Simona ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Simone ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Simone ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Simonette ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Simonia ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Símonía ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Simonie ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Simoona ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Simppa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Símun ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Simuna ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Simå ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Sømjo ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

28 October

Norway Norway

28 October

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

28 October

Sweden Sweden

28 October

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1208 [2]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 4 31 28517 35868
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 19433 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 3162 4544
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 8 n.a 2122
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][4][5][6]:Name statistics for Simon(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Simon(m)


Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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