Definitions for Simon
ˈsaɪ mən; Fr. siˈmɔ̃ for 7si·mon

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Simon, St. Simon, Simon Zelotes, Simon the Zealot, Simon the Canaanitenoun

   one of the twelve Apostles (first century)

2. Simon, Paul Simonnoun

   United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942)

3. Simon, Neil Simon, Marvin Neil Simonnoun

   United States playwright noted for light comedies (born in 1927)

4. Simon, Herb Simon, Herbert A. Simon, Herbert Alexander Simonnoun

   United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Simonnoun

   Any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.

2. simonnoun

   Sixpence coin.

3. Simonnoun

   Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.

4. Simonnoun

   A male given name from Hebrew.

   His first name is Simon. I wonder why his mother named him that, or it may have been his father. My own father never bothered with the naming of us, it was up to Mother and Aunt Pauline. There is Simon Peter the Apostle, of course, who was made a fisher of men by our Lord. But there is also Simple Simon. Met a pie man, going to the fair.

5. Simonnoun

   A patronymic surname.

   Paul Simon

6. Etymology: From Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn, " hearkening"). In Britain, confusion arose at an early date due to similarity with native Sigmund (Siegmund), and its Norman introduced variant, Simund. Doublet of Simeon.

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1. Simon

   Simon is an electronic game of memory skill invented by Ralph H. Baer and Howard J. Morrison, with software programming by Lenny Cope, and manufactured and distributed by Milton Bradley. Simon was launched in 1978 at Studio 54 in New York City and was an immediate success, becoming a pop culture symbol of the 1970s and 1980s.

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1. simon

   Song lyrics by simon -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by simon on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SIMON

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Simon is ranked #397 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Simon surname appeared 80,460 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 27 would have the surname Simon.
   
   65% or 52,371 total occurrences were White.
   22.5% or 18,112 total occurrences were Black.
   7% or 5,680 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.7% or 2,213 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.9% or 1,553 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 539 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Apostle
   • Dramatist
   • Economist
   • Psychologist
   • Saint
   • Singer
   • Songwriter

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Simon' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2524

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Simon' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1807

Anagrams for Simon »

1. Minos

2. osmin

How to pronounce Simon?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Simon in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Simon in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Simon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Simon in a Sentence

1. Daniel Myrick:

   The thing that we liked about this project when Lionsgate approached us, especially with Adam and Simon working on it, is that they really stuck to the original mythology, they came at it with a very authentic approach to the film which we felt was with love for the first movie so it was all done for the right reasons.

2. Emanuele Satolli:

   We waited in the car for him and Simon (Johnsen) started yelling ‘come here, come here’ and that’s when I took that picture.

3. Andy Murray:

   I made way too many mistakes from the beginning of the match right through to the end; early in rallies, (I was) rushing points, (It was) quite similar to the match I played against (Gilles) Simon in Rotterdam, which is disappointing.

4. Karoly Fonyo:

   Naturally we expect a legal procedure, both of those two (Simon and Dederick) had prior knowledge of (my) acquisition (when they sold TV2 to Vajna). I am as dumbfounded as anyone.

5. Paul Simon:

   They were completely disingenuous about it, first of all, we didn't break any boycott. There was no rule about recording with black South African musicians. In fact, the whole purpose of the boycott was the antithesis of what we did.Simon with the South African musician Joseph Shabalala, founder of the group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, with whom Simon collaborated on.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Simon
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Simon
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Simon
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html