Simeon Forename
Approximately 258,669 people bear this name
Simeon Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew Shimeon ‘hearkening' (or possibly hyena') was a common name in Israel. English versions of the Old Testament usually render it as Simeon, occasionally as Shimeon. In the New Testament, however, it is rendered as Simon (q.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 56,646 | 1:3,135 | 570 |
| Philippines | 99% | 18,906 | 1:5,607 | 914 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 16,827 | 1:415 | 87 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 15,848 | 1:447 | 110 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 15,462 | 1:4,775 | 605 |
| Malawi | 100% | 11,338 | 1:1,509 | 309 |
| Peru | 100% | 9,801 | 1:3,244 | 556 |
| Kenya | 100% | 7,504 | 1:6,171 | 908 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 7,113 | 1:3,038 | 544 |
| Rwanda | - | 6,768 | 1:1,680 | 361 |
| United States | 100% | 6,312 | 1:57,436 | 3,073 |
| Namibia | - | 6,031 | 1:399 | 64 |
| Burundi | 100% | 5,793 | 1:1,710 | 517 |
| Mexico | 100% | 5,362 | 1:23,153 | 1,325 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 4,077 | 1:3,783 | 624 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3,559 | 1:12,018 | 720 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2,967 | 1:16,103 | 1,201 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,900 | 1:88,953 | 10,226 |
| Zambia | - | 2,788 | 1:5,687 | 760 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 2,647 | 1:2,734 | 528 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,472 | 1:10,917 | 1,028 |
| England | 100% | 2,434 | 1:22,844 | 1,389 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,363 | 1:1,220 | 309 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 2,219 | 1:4,778 | 738 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 2,146 | 1:3,799 | 413 |
| South Africa | 97% | 2,118 | 1:25,747 | 3,283 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2,076 | 1:1,007 | 214 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,026 | 1:5,149 | 753 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,849 | 1:52,764 | 4,907 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1,812 | 1:10,143 | 1,077 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 1,801 | 1:8,944 | 836 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,672 | 1:5,274 | 681 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1,651 | 1:2,672 | 378 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,327 | 1:22,760 | 1,839 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,216 | 1:8,822 | 1,004 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,199 | 1:44,027 | 3,388 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,050 | 1:12,951 | 2,067 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,022 | 1:10,348 | 1,388 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,018 | 1:45,707 | 1,901 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 937 | 1:24,627 | 2,127 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 931 | 1:6,464 | 826 |
| Togo | - | 824 | 1:8,785 | 1,321 |
| El Salvador | - | 717 | 1:8,845 | 688 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Cambodia | 95% | 698 | 1:23,314 | 2,009 |
| Serbia | 100% | 655 | 1:10,909 | 893 |
| Uganda | 99% | 652 | 1:62,817 | 3,423 |
| Canada | 100% | 619 | 1:53,527 | 3,441 |
| India | 100% | 533 | 1:2,279,321 | 113,980 |
| Mali | 100% | 497 | 1:34,160 | 2,094 |
| Guinea | - | 480 | 1:24,706 | 1,135 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 474 | 1:2,872 | 557 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 378 | 1:1,537 | 290 |
| Germany | 100% | 361 | 1:267,806 | 3,662 |
| Vanuatu | - | 318 | 1:823 | 223 |
| Congo | 100% | 317 | 1:15,802 | 1,769 |
| Australia | - | 281 | 1:48,604 | 2,329 |
| Panama | 100% | 276 | 1:14,154 | 1,629 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 264 | 1:64,023 | 3,991 |
| Russia | 99% | 244 | 1:591,122 | 6,080 |
| Poland | - | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Greece | 100% | 232 | 1:47,132 | 1,687 |
| Swaziland | - | 231 | 1:5,628 | 945 |
| Guyana | 100% | 226 | 1:3,377 | 645 |
| Senegal | 100% | 226 | 1:64,519 | 2,284 |
| France | 99% | 217 | 1:306,315 | 4,149 |
| Belize | 100% | 188 | 1:1,885 | 425 |
| Bahamas | - | 173 | 1:2,308 | 486 |
| New Zealand | - | 163 | 1:27,828 | 1,903 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 154 | 1:197,727 | 11,476 |
| Barbados | - | 146 | 1:1,985 | 438 |
| Sweden | 100% | 145 | 1:67,986 | 3,253 |
| Brazil | 100% | 133 | 1:1,610,798 | 36,414 |
| Croatia | 100% | 131 | 1:32,191 | 1,379 |
| Wales | 93% | 121 | 1:25,573 | 1,258 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 116 | 1:70,806 | 2,632 |
| Cuba | - | 103 | 1:111,714 | 2,129 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 90 | 1:27,320 | 1,509 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 87 | 1:54,804 | 2,322 |
| Romania | 100% | 87 | 1:230,482 | 7,671 |
| Ecuador | - | 86 | 1:206,127 | 3,498 |
| Grenada | 100% | 86 | 1:1,257 | 256 |
| Czechia | 83% | 85 | 1:125,367 | 1,274 |
| Chile | 100% | 82 | 1:214,722 | 3,816 |
| Suriname | 50% | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 77 | 1:2,309 | 428 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98% | 71 | 1:1,572 | 289 |
| Finland | 100% | 70 | 1:78,331 | 2,106 |
| Botswana | 100% | 69 | 1:31,659 | 3,460 |
| Iran | 100% | 66 | 1:1,189,346 | 9,389 |
| French Polynesia | - | 65 | 1:4,275 | 767 |
| Mauritius | - | 63 | 1:20,600 | 1,947 |
| Belgium | 100% | 61 | 1:188,361 | 4,784 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 57 | 1:125,474 | 8,859 |
| Scotland | 100% | 53 | 1:100,950 | 2,398 |
| Thailand | 100% | 47 | 1:1,490,762 | 46,917 |
| Micronesia | - | 44 | 1:2,420 | 335 |
| Malta | - | 40 | 1:10,734 | 1,062 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 38 | 1:139,738 | 1,142 |
| Madagascar | - | 36 | 1:656,372 | 1,939 |
| Albania | 100% | 35 | 1:87,045 | 6,359 |
| Denmark | - | 35 | 1:161,414 | 3,904 |
| Guam | - | 35 | 1:4,590 | 836 |
| Austria | 100% | 30 | 1:283,807 | 3,505 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:1,197 | 279 |
| China | - | 28 | 1:48,787,706 | 62,196 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 28 | 1:31,110 | 1,628 |
| Ireland | 100% | 27 | 1:171,982 | 3,538 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 26 | 1:135,556 | 3,205 |
| Norway | 100% | 25 | 1:205,293 | 5,123 |
| Italy | 85% | 24 | 1:2,544,254 | 16,267 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 21 | 1:2,612 | 559 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Singapore | - | 19 | 1:330,898 | 9,778 |
| Belarus | 100% | 17 | 1:557,787 | 3,467 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Lebanon | 90% | 15 | 1:375,171 | 5,607 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 15 | 1:7,316 | 1,065 |
| Hong Kong | - | 14 | 1:553,766 | 4,519 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Qatar | 100% | 13 | 1:182,277 | 21,851 |
| Iceland | - | 12 | 1:30,501 | 1,954 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 11 | 1:185,454 | 13,249 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 10 | 1:6,130 | 975 |
| Japan | - | 10 | 1:12,798,606 | 38,248 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 10 | 1:1,774,684 | 14,586 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 10 | 1:63,458 | 2,374 |
| Turkey | 100% | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Syria | - | 9 | 1:2,145,119 | 4,120 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 9 | 1:2,641,076 | 57,947 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 7 | 1:7,319 | 1,092 |
| Uruguay | - | 6 | 1:571,273 | 6,582 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Georgia | 100% | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Kosovo | - | 5 | 1:372,288 | 10,773 |
| Moldova | 100% | 5 | 1:712,228 | 3,885 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Iraq | 100% | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Niger | - | 4 | 1:4,795,998 | 43,246 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Siméon (1,326), Simèon (378), Simeón (60), Símeon (4) & Simeòn (1) are calculated separately.
Simeon (259,420) may also be a surname.
Simeon Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew Shimeon ‘hearkening' (or possibly hyena') was a common name in Israel. English versions of the Old Testament usually render it as Simeon, occasionally as Shimeon. In the New Testament, however, it is rendered as Simon (q.v.), except in the case of the aged Simeon who blessed the infant Jesus in the Temple. Simeon was kept separate from Simon in the Middle Ages, and though not a common name it is recorded from time to time and gave rise to a surname. After the Reformation it was used rather more.
Simeon Curia Regis Rolls 1200, Symeon Hundred Rolls 1273.
Hebrew, ‘obedient,’ derives from schama, ‘to hear’: cf., therefore, Samuel. Already inC1 A. D. had Simeon been confused with Simon (q. v.); it is, then, noteworthy that the Hebrew name should have been retained for nine saints, the Greek for only three.
Hebrew (masculine) - Who hears.
Sim'-e-on, that hears or obeys. The son of Jacob and Leah; Gen. xxix. 33; born A. M. 2253. 2. A pious aged man, who was waiting for the incarnation of Christ, and at length embraced him in the temple. Luke ii. 25. 3. Son of Judah. Luke iii. 30.
Meaning: hearkening.
A Hebrew name, meaning: Famous: hearing gladly.
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Simeon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Simeon in the Russian language | ||
| Симеон | simeon | - |
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