Given name & surname
Semen
Semen is a masculine given name. It is used in English and Basque.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Semen is a romanization of Семен. Семен comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Proto-Semitic.
Explained through its name family
Semen’s family of names
In Basque usage, Semen has a related form in SEME. In Basque usage, Semen has a related form in Xemen. In Ukrainian usage, Semen is a transliteration of Семен.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Semen has relatives in 3 languages.
5 related names in 3 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 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Semen
- Semen Hulak-ArtemovskyUkrainian opera singer, composer, writer and musician (1813-1873)
- Semen SemenchenkoUkraine founder of military organizationborn 1974
- Semen KlymovskyUkrainian poet (1705-1785)
- Semen Altmanfootball player and managerborn 1946
- Semen PaliyZaporozhian Cossack polkovnyk (colonel) (early 1640s–1710)1645–1710
- Semen Sopiha-1500
- Semen Vityk1876–1937
- Semyon HitlerSoviet soldier (1922–1942)
- Semyon Zelenskyysoviet-Ukrainian infantryman (1924–1993)
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