Given name · Russian
Семён
“he has heard”
Семён (Semjón) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Simon.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Семён goes back to Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן, meaning “he has heard.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Семён’s family of names
In Russian usage, Семён has a conventional equivalent in the English form Simon. In Russian usage, Семён has a conventional equivalent in the English form Simeon. In Russian usage, Семён has a conventional equivalent in the French form Sémion.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Семён has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
8 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Семён
- Semyon BudyonnySoviet marshal (1883-1973)
- Semyon TimoshenkoSoviet military commander (1895-1970)
- Semion MogilevichRussian fraudsterborn 1946
- Semyon ChelyuskinRussian polar explorer and naval officer1700–1764
- Semyon NadsonRussian poet (1862–1887)
- Semyon KurkotkinMarshal of the Soviet Union (1917–1990)
- Semyon AlapinRussian chess player (1856-1923)
- Semyon LavochkinJewish Soviet aerospace engineer (1900-1960)
- Semyon FaradaSoviet and Russian actor (1933-2009)
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