Given name
Semyon
“God has heard”
Semyon is a variant of Simon. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has heard.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Semyon is a variant of Simon. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has heard.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Semyon is a variant of Simon. An origin associated with Simon is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Russian use, Semyon is used as a form of Simon.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Semyon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 691 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Semyon’s family of names
Semyon has an affectionate form in Senya. Semyon shares a linguistic root with Simon. Semyon has a related form in Simon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Simoneequivalent
- Shimonequivalent
- Simeonequivalent
- Szymonequivalent
- Simeónequivalent
- Сенькаequivalent
- שמעוןequivalent
- Сямёнequivalent
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People named Semyon
- Semyon BudyonnySoviet marshal (1883-1973)
- Semyon TimoshenkoSoviet military commander (1895-1970)
- Semyon DezhnevRussian explorer1605–1673
- 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)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.