Symeon

Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical Greek [1], Biblical Latin
Scripts Συμεών(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /sy.me.ɔ̌ːn/(Classical Greek)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Old Testament Greek (though occurring rarely in the New Testament) and Latin form of Simeon.

Related Names

Rootshamaʿ
VariantSimon(Biblical Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesXimun(Basque) Siamion(Belarusian) Shimei, Simeon, Simon(Biblical) Shim'i, Shimon(Biblical Hebrew) 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) Semen, Semion, Semyon(Russian) Simeon, Simo(Serbian) Šimon(Slovak) Simon(Slovene) Simón, Jimeno(Spanish) Simon(Swedish) Semen, Symon(Ukrainian) Shimmel(Yiddish)
User SubmissionSyméón

Name Days

Greece: September 1
Poland: January 5
Poland: February 16
Poland: February 18
Poland: May 10
Poland: May 23
Poland: June 1
Poland: June 6
Poland: August 3
Poland: October 8

Categories

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Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g4826, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g4826.
Entry updated October 6, 2024