Given name & surname
Siméon
“hearkening”
In French use, Siméon has a related form in Simeon. One Hebrew interpretation is “hearkening.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Siméon has a related form in Simeon. One Hebrew interpretation is “hearkening.”
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Where it comes from
In French use, Siméon has a related form in Simeon. An origin associated with Simeon is Hebrew.
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How it developed
From Latin Simeōn, from Ancient Greek Σῠμεών, from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn, “hearkening, listening”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
In French use, Siméon has a related form in Simeon. The history of Simeon gives this family its wider story. Simeon appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
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Siméon’s family of names
In French usage, Siméon has a conventional equivalent in the German form Simon. In French usage, Siméon has a related form in Simeon. In French usage, Siméon has a conventional equivalent in the English form Simeon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Siméon has relatives in 7 languages.
7 related names in 7 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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Siméon
- Siméon Denis PoissonFrench mathematician, mechanician and physicist (1781–1840)
- Archduke Simeon of AustriaAustrian Imperial and Royalborn 1958
- Siméon GarangeauFrench engineer1647–1741
- Siméon LuceFrench archivist and historian (1833-1892)
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