Given name
Szymon
“God has heard”
Szymon is a form of Simon. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has heard.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Szymon is a form of Simon. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has heard.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Szymon is a form of Simon. An origin associated with Simon is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Szymon is used as a form of Simon.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Szymon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 423
- 423 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −73%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 38 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 802 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.
Szymon’s family of names
In Polish usage, Szymon has a diminutive in Szimk. Szymon shares a linguistic root with Simon. In Polish usage, Szymon has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Simone.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Szymon has relatives in 24 languages.
20 related names in 24 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.
Across languages 25
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 Szymon
- Szymon MarciniakPolish football refereeborn 1981
- Szymon ZiółkowskiPolish hammer throwerborn 1976
- Szymon HołowniaPolish politician, journalist and writer (born 1976)
- Szymon ŻurkowskiPolish association football playerborn 1997
- Szymon WinawerPolish chess player (1838–1919)
- Symon BudnyBelarusian and Polish humanist1530–1593
- Szymon CzechowiczPolish artist (1689-1775)
- Szymon AskenazyPolish historian and statesman (1866-1935)1865–1935
- Szymon KołeckiPolish weightlifterborn 1981
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