Meaning & History
From Hebrew שָׁמַע (shamaʿ) meaning "to hear, to listen". This is the name of many characters in the Old Testament.
Related Names
Rootshamaʿ
Other Languages & CulturesXimun(Basque) Siamion(Belarusian) Simon, Symeon(Biblical Greek) Shim'i, Shimon(Biblical Hebrew) Simon, Symeon(Biblical Latin) Simeon(Bulgarian) Šimun(Croatian) Šimon(Czech) Simon(Danish) Siemen, Simon(Dutch) Simon(English) Siim(Estonian) Simo(Finnish) Simon(French) Siemen(Frisian) Simon(Georgian) Simon(German) Shimon(Hebrew) Simon(Hungarian) Simone(Italian) Simonas(Lithuanian) Simon(Macedonian) Ximeno(Medieval Spanish) Simon(Norwegian) Szymon(Polish) Simão(Portuguese) Simion, Simon(Romanian) Semen, Semion, Semyon(Russian) Simeon(Serbian) Šimon(Slovak) Simon(Slovene) Simón(Spanish) Simon(Swedish) Semen, Symon(Ukrainian) Shimmel(Yiddish)