Surname · Arabic
شمعون
شمعون (šamʕūn) is a surname from Hebrew. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: šamʕūn.
Meaning & origin
شمعون’s family of names
In Arabic usage, شمعون as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with سِمْعَان. In Arabic usage, شمعون as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as šamʕūn.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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