Given name & surname
Šimon
Šimon is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Czech and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
Šimon’s family of names
In Czech usage, Šimon has a diminutive in Šimůnek. In Czech usage, Šimon has a feminine form in Simona. In Czech usage, Šimon has a conventional equivalent in the English form Simon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Šimon has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Šimon
- Šimon NemecSlovak ice hockey playerborn 2004
- Šimon HrubecCzech ice hockey playerborn 1991
- Šimon JurovskýSlovak conductor and composer (1912-1963)
- Šimon FaltaCzech footballerborn 1993
- Šimon BrixiCzech composer1693–1735
- Šimon PánekCzech politicianborn 1967
- Šimon BártaCzech theologist (1864-1940)
- Šimon BartkoSlovak biathleteborn 1996
- Šimon AdamovSlovakian biathleteborn 2004
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Šimon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Šimun
Šimun is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.
>99% boys
Shimron
“guardian” · “watching”
>99% boys
Simão
“Yahweh has heard”
>99% boys
Sippai
“gatekeeper” · “fence worker”
>99% boys
Semein
“renown” · “famous”
>99% boys
Sīmanis
Sīmanis is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Latvian.
>99% boys
Seán
“God is gracious”
>99% boys
Sidon
“fishery” · “hunting place”
>99% boys