Meaning of the nameSimon
- Male
- Hebrew origin
- Si-mon
- Biblical name
Simon is a male name of Hebrew origin, related to Simeon and Simão, whose Hebrew etymon is glossed as 'hearing, listening'.
Meaning
“from Hebrew shimʿôn, glossed as 'hearing, listening'”
Source: Wiktionary: Simeon · Blue Letter Bible: Strong H8095
- People (2022)
- 3,106
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,793
- Median age
- 19.5 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,946
- people
Simon in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Simon, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (741 people).
55 women 3,051 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Simon is most common
States with the highest share of people named Simon in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Amazonas 0.004%
- Santa Catarina 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.002%
- Pará 0.002%
- Paraná 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 579 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 420 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 211 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 210 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 200 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 177 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 172 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 157 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 153 | 0.004% |
| Ceará | 125 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 93 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 89 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 61 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 59 | 0.009% |
| Espírito Santo | 57 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 50 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 41 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 39 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 39 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 36 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 30 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 26 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 22 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 17 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 17 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Simon
Wiktionary records Simon as a name used in Latin and Greek for Biblical Hebrew shimʿôn, and as a doublet of Simeon, whose Hebrew etymon it glosses as 'hearing, listening'; Strong's lexicon gives the form as derived from shamaʿ, 'to hear'. For Greek Σίμων, Wiktionary also points to a probable origin in simós, 'flat-nosed', and so the Hebrew sense holds as the biblical origin of the name, not as the only reading. In the entry for Simeon, Behind the Name lists Simão as the Portuguese form alongside Simon. Most of the people named Simon were born in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020 to 2022, and the name is almost always male. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,106 people named Simon. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Simon · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Simeon · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Blue Letter Bible: Strong H8095 · blueletterbible.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Simeon · behindthename.com · origin
Questions about the name Simon
What does the name Simon mean?
Simon means “from Hebrew shimʿôn, glossed as 'hearing, listening'”, according to Wiktionary and Blue Letter Bible.
How many people are named Simon in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,106 people with the first name Simon, which ranks it number 3,793 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Simon a boy's or a girl's name?
Simon is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 55 women and 3,051 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Simon?
Simon is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Simon most common?
Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.004% of the state's population is named Simon (153 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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