Given name · Hebrew · Yiddish
שמעון
“to hear, listen”
שמעון (shim'ón) is a masculine given name. It is used in Hebrew.
Hebrew and YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: alfabe çevirisi gerekiyor.
Meaning & origin
What it means
שמעון possibly goes back to a word meaning “to hear, listen.”
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שמעון’s family of names
In Yiddish usage, שמעון has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Szymon. In Yiddish usage, שמעון has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Symeon. In Hebrew usage, שמעון has a transliteration in alfabe çevirisi gerekiyor.
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Around the world
שמעון has relatives in 3 languages.
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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.
People named שמעון
- Simon Thassisecond son of Mattathias, the first prince (r. 141–135 BCE) of the Hasmonean dynasty of the Kingdom of Judea200 BC–134 BC
- Shimon bar YochaiJewish rabbi author of the Zohar100–160
- Simeon ben ZomaLate 1st / early 2nd century tanna
- Simon IIJewish High Priest
- Simeon ben Eleazar3rd century Jewish Tanna sage101
- Shimon Gershon RosenbergIsraeli Torah scholar1949–2007
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