Simon

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Simon m. Ancient Greek Σίμων 'flat-nosed', used in the Greek New Testament to render Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן 'he has heard'.

The name of a Biblical founder of a tribe of Israel, a Biblical apostle and saint better known as Peter, another Biblical apostle and saint, a Biblical brother of Jesus, a 5th C martyr, a 6th C saint, and a 10th C saint. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Simeon, Symeon, Symount.

Brabant

Latin: ● 1312 Symon (nom) JeanIII p. 15, Symonem (acc) ibid. p. 15

Czech Republic

Latin: ● 1353 Symon (nom) chlumecky 146, Symoni (dat) ibid. 68; 1356 Symon (nom) ibid. 165

England

Latin: ● c1132 Simone (abl) MemStMF II-I; 1189 Simeon (nom) GASurv p. 155, Simon (nom) ibid. p. 82; c1198 Symon (nom) ibid. p. 246; 1256 Simon (nom) EARNb p. 4, Simonem (acc) ibid. p. 4, Simonis (gen) ibid. p. 2; 1279–80 Simon (nom) WaHR-SK p. 57, Simoni (dat) ibid. p. 32, Simonis (gen) ibid. p. 34, Symon (nom) ibid. p. 35, Symone (abl) ibid. p. 65, Symonis (gen) ibid. p. 59; 1296 Simon (nom) RCS-1 p. 92b, Simoni (dat) ibid. p. 94a, Simonis (gen) ibid. p. 93a; 1297 Simon (nom) ComWil-vol1 p. 1; 1298 Symon (nom) ibid. p. 2; 1300 Symon (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 231, Symoni (dat) ibid. p. 242, Symonis (gen) ibid. p. 229; 1327 Simone (abl) SaxhamSf p. 111, Simonis (gen) ibid. p. 111; 1377 Simon (nom) FenPT-2 p. 4, Simonis (gen) ibid. p. 5; 1381 Simon (nom) ibid. p. 9, Suffolk1381 p. 69, Simone (abl) ibid. p. 90, Simonem (acc) ibid. p. 69, Simoni (dat) ibid. p. 135, Simonis (gen) ibid. p. 70, Symon (nom) FenPT-2 p. 6, Suffolk1381 p. 76, Symonem (acc) ibid. p. 68
Middle English: ● 1418 Symond EEW p. 35; 1433 Simond ibid. p. 94; 1434 Symond ibid. p. 102; ◑ 1419–20 Symkyn EEW p. 42, Symmykyn ibid. p. 42; 1428 Simkin ibid. p. 82, Symken ibid. p. 82, Symkyn ibid. p. 82; 1434 Symkyng ibid. p. 102
Early Modern English: ● 1530 Simon LIWill-III p. 6, Simond ibid. p. 61, Symon ibid. p. 38; 1539 Simon BarnstapleBap p. 1; 1544 Symon ibid. p. 4; 1546 Symon ibid. p. 5; 1548 Symond ibid. p. 6; 1550 Symon ibid. p. 6; 1551 Simond StAnthonlin p. 8, Symond BarnstapleBap p. 7; 1552 Symon ibid. p. 7, Symond ibid. p. 7; 1553 Symon ibid. p. 8; 1554 Symon ibid. p. 8, Symond ibid. p. 8; 1555 Symond ibid. p. 9; 1559 Symond HAmar-vol9 p. 67; 1560 Symon BarnstapleBap p. 10; 1561 Symon ibid. p. 11, COmar-vol5 p. 2, Symond BarnstapleBap p. 11; 1562 Symon ibid. p. 12; 1563 Symon bruton-vol1; 1570 Simon BEmar-vol1 p. 9; 1571 Symon HAmar-vol9 p. 91; 1575 Simon StAnthonlin p. 24; 1576 Simon DEmar-vol1 p. 83; 1583 Simon BUmar-vol2 p. 63, DEmar-vol2 p. 8; 1588 Simond CAmar-vol1 p. 4; 1589 Symond ibid. p. 130; 1590 Simon bruton-vol1 p. 50, Symon ibid. p. 50; 1591 Simon BEmar-vol2 p. 54, Symon ibid. p. 3; 1592 Simon DEmar-vol1 p. 86, Symon bruton-vol1 p. 52; 1593 Simon DEmar-vol1 p. 87, StAnthonlin p. 36; 1594 Simon BEmar-vol2 p. 4, DEmar-vol2 p. 29, StAnthonlin p. 37; 1597 Simon ibid. p. 38; 1598 Simon DEmar-vol2 p. 39, Symon StAnthonlin p. 39, Symonde HAmar-vol9 p. 93; 1599 Simonde StAnthonlin p. 40, Symon bruton-vol1 p. 57; ◑ 1530 Symkyn LIWill-III p. 69
Middle French: ● 1357 Simon SocAntNor-3-3 no. 20

Estonia

Middle Low German: ● 1397 Symen BbRT p. 341, Symon ibid. p. 340; 1409 Symon ibid. p. 345; 1430 Symon ibid. p. 354; 1437 Symon ibid. p. 360; 1524x1532 Simo (nom) Saareste1923b p. 140; 1592 Simon Tiik1977 p. 287
Early Modern Swedish: ● 1564 Simon (nom) Hiiumaa p. 262; 1565 Simon (nom) ibid. p. 126; 1576 Simon (nom) ibid. p. 251; 1583 Simon (nom) ibid. p. 172; 1587 Simon (nom) ibid. p. 160; 1589 Simon (nom) ibid. p. 251; 1590 Simon (nom) ibid. p. 251; 1595 Simon (nom) ibid. p. 251; 1598 Simon (nom) ibid. p. 251

Finland

Early Modern Swedish: ● 1548 Simon (nom) Audén1980 p. 169; 1582 Simana (nom) ibid. p. 172, Simon (nom) ibid. p. 172

France

Latin: ● 1067 Symone (abl) CartNDSaintes XII; 1115 Symon (nom) CartNDJosaphat V; 1133 Symon (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XXX, Symonis (gen) ibid. XXX; 1135 Symon (nom) ibid. LXXVIII, clairvaux-12thc 7, Symone (abl) ibid. 7, Symonis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXXVIII, clairvaux-12thc 7; 1138 Symon (nom) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXIX; 1138x1162 Simon (nom) clairvaux-12thc 56, Simone (abl) ibid. 56, Simonis (gen) ibid. 58, Symon (nom) ibid. 56, Symone (abl) ibid. 56, Symonis (gen) ibid. 58; 1141 Symon (nom) CartNDdOurscamp LXXI; 1147 Simon (nom) clairvaux-12thc 14, Simone (abl) ibid. 14, Simonis (gen) ibid. 14, Symon (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XCVII, clairvaux-12thc 14; c1147 Symonis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXII; 1147 Symonis (gen) clairvaux-12thc 15; 1147x1162 Symon (nom) ibid. 45; 1162 Symonis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXIII; a1163 Simone (abl) clairvaux-12thc 98, Symon (nom) ibid. 98, Symone (abl) ibid. 98; 1163 Symonis (gen) ibid. 99; 1164 Simone (abl) ibid. 121, Symon (nom) ibid. 121; 1170 Simonis (gen) ibid. 137; c1170 Symonis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXIV; 1171 Symon (nom) clairvaux-12thc 142, Symone (abl) ibid. 142; 1178 Symonis (gen) ibid. 167; 1179 Simon (nom) ibid. 172, Simone (abl) ibid. 172, Symon (nom) ibid. 176, Symone (abl) ibid. 176; 1180 Simon (nom) RotScaNor p. 15, Simone (abl) ibid. p. 4, Simonis (gen) ibid. p. 16; 1188 Symon (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XCIV; 1190 Symon (nom) ibid. CIII; 1196 Symon (nom) ibid. LXIV; 1200 Symone (abl) ibid. LXXVII; 1201 Symon (nom) ibid. LXI; 1203 Symon (nom) ibid. LXV; 1205 Symonis (gen) ibid. XXXIII; 1209 Symone (abl) ibid. XXXIV, Symonis (gen) ibid. XXXIV; 1219 Symon (nom) CartAub, Symonis (gen) ibid.; 1257 Simon (nom) ArrestReg-volI XXXIII, Pentecost, Symonem (acc) ibid. VII, St. Martin; 1258 Simonem (acc) ibid. XIII, Pentecost, Simonis (gen) ibid. III, Pentecost, Symon (nom) ibid. XXVII, Candlemas, Symonem (acc) ibid. XXVII, Candlemas, Symonis (gen) ibid. XXXI, pluribus; 1259 Simonem (acc) ibid. XII, Pentecost, Simonis (gen) ibid. IX, Pentecost; 1260 Simon (nom) ibid. XXIII, Ascension, Simonem (acc) ibid. XXIII, Ascension, Simonis (gen) ibid. XII, Ascension, Symonem (acc) ibid. I, Candlemas; 1263 Symonis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XXIII; 1269 Symon (nom) ibid. LXI; 1273 Symonis (gen) ibid. XXVI; 1275 Symonis (gen) ibid. CX; 1300 Symonis (gen) ibid. LXIX; 1301 Simonis (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 222, Symon (nom) ibid. p. 202, Symonis (gen) ibid. p. 202; 1304 Symonis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXVI; 1378 Simoni (dat) hanquetvol1 1972, Symon (nom) ibid. 213, Symoni (dat) ibid. 213, Symonis (gen) ibid. 270; ◑ 1378 Simoneto (dat) hanquetvol1 788
Old French: ● 1280 Simons (nom) CartNDdOurscamp CXXVII; 1296 Symon paris1296 p.4; 1301 Simon (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 237, Simons (nom) ibid. p. 241, Symons (nom) ibid. p. 271; 1313 Symon Paris1313 p. 1; 1327 Simon MemDocMan-2 p.178, Symon ibid. p. 188; ◑ 1296 Symonnet paris1296 p. 7; 1313 Symonet Paris1313 p. 5
Middle French: ● 1392 Simon MemBret-II col. 600; 1418 Simon HGParis p. 373, Symon ibid. p. 373; 1421 Simon favier 97; 1423 Symon ibid. 76; 1438 Simon ibid. p. 267; 1588 Simon raymond1588 p. 566; ◑ 1392 Simonet MemBret-II col. 601; 1418 Simonet HGParis p. 384, Simonin ibid. p. 387, Simonnet ibid. p. 377, Symmonet ibid. p. 377; 1421 Simmonet favier 238, Simonnet ibid. 127, Symmonet ibid., Symonnet ibid. 319; 1423 Symonnet ibid. 60; 1438 Simonnet ibid. 129

Germany

Latin: ● 865 Simonem (acc) HambUrk-vol1 XVIII; 930 Symon (nom) quix-vol1 10; 1197 Simeon (nom) ibid. 83, Simon (nom) ibid. 83; 1221 Simon (nom) hennes-vol1 59; 1254 Symon (nom) ibid. 153; 1401 symoni (dat) HD1401 no. 188, symonis (gen) ibid. no. 240
Early New High German: ● 1497 Simon Nurn1497 959, Symon ibid. 1032

Ireland

Latin: ● fin12thC Simon (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 19, Simonis (gen) ibid. III, p. 14, Simund (nom) ibid. III, p. 10, Simundi (gen) ibid. III, p. 13, Simundus (nom) ibid. III, p. 6

Italy

Latin: ● 1285 Simon (nom) Perugia1285 p. 153, Simonis (gen) ibid. p. 154; 1310 Symon (nom) MonRav-2 CCCL, Symonus (nom) ibid. CCCL; 1324 Symeon (nom) DSF p. 48, 3728, Symeone (abl) ibid. p. 46, 3695; 1326 Simone (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 445, Symone (abl) ibid. no. 427; 1348 Simeonis (gen) INP 22; 1376 Symone (abl) DouGen1 p. 49, Symonis (gen) ibid. p. 228; 1522x1532 Simon (nom) DSF p. 56, 3; 1527 Simeon (nom) Rome1527 p. 85, Simeonis (gen) ibid. p. 85, Simon (nom) ibid. p. 86; ◑ 1522x1532 Simonellus (nom) DSF p. 58, 29

Latvia

Middle Low German: ● 1514 Symon Mettig1892 p. 4; 1532 Symon Arbusow p. 97; 1565x1577 Simon ibid. p. 97

Lithuania

Latin: ◑ 1551x1555 Szymkus (nom) Kaunas2006 p. 85
Polish: ● 1551x1555 Simon (nom) Kaunas2006 p. 85; ◑ 1561x1565 Schymosʒ (nom) Kaunas2006 p. 85

The Netherlands

Dutch: ● 1561 Simon MagMiddelburg-1560; 1562 Simon ibid.; 1563 Simon ibid.; 1564 Simon ibid.; 1565 Simon ibid.; 1566 Simon ibid.; 1567 Simon ibid.; 1568 Simon ibid.; 1569 Simon ibid.; 1570 Simon ibid.; 1571 Simon ibid.; 1572 Simon ibid.; 1573 Simon ibid.; 1574 Simon ibid.; 1575 Simon ibid.; 1576 Simon ibid.; 1577 Simon ibid.; 1578 Simon ibid.; 1579 Simon ibid.; 1580 Simon ibid.; 1581 Simon ibid.; 1582 Simon ibid.; 1583 Simon ibid.; 1584 Simon ibid., Symon ibid.; 1585 Simon ibid.; 1586 Simon ibid.; 1587 Simon ibid.; 1588 Simon ibid.; 1589 Simon ibid.; 1590 Simon ibid.; 1591 Simon ibid.; 1592 Simon ibid.

Portugal

Latin: ● 1269 Symeoni (dat) PHGCRP-I no. 11

Scotland

Latin: ● a1199 Simone (abl) CartNBer 2; 1376 Symone (abl) morton-vol1 16, Symoni (dat) ibid. 16, Symonis (gen) ibid. 16

Spain

Latin: ● 1489 Simon (nom) carbonell p. 31; 1490 Simon (nom) ibid. p. 45; 1491 Simon (nom) ibid. p. 59, Simonis (gen) ibid. p. 64
Catalan: ● 1510 Eximeno valencia1510 4087, Simo ibid. 3246
Spanish: ● 1495 Ximeno montalvo; 1496 Ximon olite1496 p. 190

Sweden

Latin: ● 1350 Symon (nom) SDHK no. 6057, Symonis (gen) ibid. no. 6057
Old Swedish: ● 1383 Symon SRA-vol2 no. 1904

Cite as: G. Grim, R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Simon". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Simon.