Given name
Simona
“one who listens well”·“God has heard”
Simona is a feminine form of Simon. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has heard.”
Original ItalianSimonetta
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Simona carries the interpretation “one who listens well.” Simona is a feminine form of Simon. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has heard.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
Simona is used as a feminine counterpart of Simon.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Simona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,038
- 0 boys · 4,038 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 67 babies
- 2025
- 44
- #3,509 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 44 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,509 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 67 in 2014. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,896 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.
Simona’s family of names
In Italian usage, Simona has a diminutive in SIMO. Simona is a feminine form of Simon. In English usage, Simona has a related form in Simone.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Simona has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Simonettavariant · Italian
- Simoclipped form · Italian
- Simonevariant · English, Italian
- Symonevariant
- Simonivariant
- Symonavariant
- Simonkadiminutive · Czech
- Simčadiminutive · Czech
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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.
People named Simona
- Simona HalepRomanian female tennis playerborn 1991
- Simona AmânarRomanian artistic gymnast (born 1979)
- Simona de SilvestroSwiss race car driverborn 1988
- Simona QuadarellaItalian swimmerborn 1998
- Simona Păucăgymnastborn 1969
- Simona BrambillaItalian Roman Catholic nun and missionary (1965-)
- Simona KossakPolish biologist1942–2007
- Simona GhermanRomanian épée fencerborn 1985
- Simona KrupeckaitėLithuanian cyclistborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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