Given name & surname
Symeon
“God has heard”·“hearkening”
Symeon is a variant of Simon. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has heard.” In Latin use, Symeon has a related form in Simeon. One Hebrew interpretation is “hearkening.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Symeon is a variant of Simon. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has heard.” In Latin use, Symeon has a related form in Simeon. One Hebrew interpretation is “hearkening.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Symeon is a variant of Simon. An origin associated with Simon is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Symeon, from Ancient Greek Σῠμεών, from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿôn, “hearkening, listening”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Latin use, Symeon 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Symeon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 219
- 219 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,598 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,598 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 255 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 77,418 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Symeon’s family of names
In English usage, Symeon shares an earlier linguistic root with Simon. In Latin usage, Symeon has a related form in Simeon. Symeon has a related form in Simon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Symeon has relatives in 8 languages.
7 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Symeon
- Symeon the New TheologianChristian saint, monk, and theologian949–1022
- Symeon the Metaphrast10th century Byzantine historian and hagiographer900–987
- Symeon of PolotskRussian poet1629–1680
- Symeon of ThessalonicaByzantine theologian1350–1429
- Symeon of TrierGerman-Italian saint and hermit980–1035
- Symeon of Durham12th-century monk and chronicler1060–1130
- Symeon LukachUkrainian catholic priest (1893-1964)
- Symeon ShostatskyUkrainian Eastern Orthodox bishopborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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