Given name & surname · also French
Chamoun
Chamoun is a surname from French, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in English and French.
Original FrenchSimon
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Chamoun comes from French, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From French Chamoun, from Arabic شَمْعُون, from Hebrew שמעון.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Chamoun’s family of names
In French usage, Chamoun as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Simon. In French usage, Chamoun has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Szamun. In English usage, Chamoun as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Arabic form شَمْعُون.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Chamoun has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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