Given name & surname
Simo
“one who listens well”
In Italian use, Simo is a shortened form of Simona. In Italian use, Simona carries the interpretation “one who listens well.”
Original GreekΣίμων
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Simo is a shortened form of Simona. In Italian use, Simona carries the interpretation “one who listens well.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Simo is a diminutive of Simon. In Italian usage, Simo is a diminutive of Simone.
Simo’s family of names
In Italian usage, Simo is a diminutive of Simon. In Italian usage, Simo is a shortened form of Simone. In Finnish usage, Simo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Simon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Simo has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Simo
- Simo HäyhäFinnish military sniper (1905–2002)
- Simo MatavuljSerbian writer (1852-1908)
- Simo PuupponenFinnish writer and journalist (1915-1967)
- Simo ValakariFinnish footballerborn 1973
- Simo LampinenFinnish rally driverborn 1943
- Simo SaarinenFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1963
- Simo KeddariSpanish footballerborn 2005
- Simo ParpolaFinnish assyriologist (1943-)
- Simo SalminenFinnish comedian and actor1932–2015
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Simo, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Simos
Simos is a surname from Greek. It is used in Romanian.
78% boys · 22% girls
Saffo
Saffo is a given name, possibly from Greek. It is used in Italian.
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Simonis
Simonis is a surname from Greek. It is used in Romanian.
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Simiti
Simiti is a surname from Greek. It is used in Romanian.
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Simitis
Simitis is a surname from Greek.
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Samà
“to hear, listen”
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Zosimo
“one who is able to survive”
99% boys · 1% girls
Sossio
“savior”
>99% boys