Meaning, origin and history of the name Semen

Gender Masculine

Pronounced Pron. seh-MEHN(Ukrainian) syi-MYUYN(Russian) [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Ukrainian form of Simon 1, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Семён (see Semyon).

VariantsSymon(Ukrainian) Semion, Semyon(Russian)

Other Languages & CulturesXimun(Basque) Siamion(Belarusian) Shimei, Simeon, Simon(Biblical) Simon, Symeon(Biblical Greek) Shim'i, Shimon(Biblical Hebrew) Simon, Symeon(Biblical Latin) Simeon(Bulgarian) Šimun, Šime, Šimo(Croatian) Šimon(Czech) Simon(Danish) Siemen, Simon, Siem(Dutch) Simon(English) Siim(Estonian) Simo(Finnish) Simon(French) Siemen(Frisian) Simon(Georgian) Simon(German) Shimon(Hebrew) Simon(Hungarian) Simone(Italian) Simonas, Simas(Lithuanian) Simon, Sime(Macedonian) Ximeno(Medieval Spanish) Simon, Simen(Norwegian) Szymon(Polish) Simão(Portuguese) Simion, Simon(Romanian) Simeon(Serbian) Šimon(Slovak) Simon(Slovene) Simón, Jimeno(Spanish) Simon(Swedish) Shimmel(Yiddish)

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