simon
/ˈsaɪmən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
name
A male given name from Hebrew.
name
A surname originating as a patronymic.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of simon (“sixpence coin”).
Example Sentences
- "Now the names of the twelue Apoſtles are theſe: The firſt, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, Iames the ſonne of Zebedee, and Iohn his brother: Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the Publicane, Iames the ſonne of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whoſe ſurname was Thaddeus: Simon the Canaanite, and Iudas Iſcariot, who alſo betrayed him."
- "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."
- "Western musicians such as Peter Gabriel, Sting, Paul Simon and David Byrne"
- "[…] I ovve Crop the Lender a Brace, and if I have a ſingle Simon to pay him, rot me: […]"
Etymology
From Middle English Simon, Symond, Symounde, from Anglo-Norman Simon, Simond, Simund, a conflation of two unrelated names: one from Latin Simon, from Koine Greek Σίμων (Símōn), strictly from Ancient Greek—likely σῑμός (sīmós, “snub-nosed”)—but used for Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn), doublet of Simeon; the other from Old Norse Sigmundr or Old English Siġemund, both from Proto-Germanic *Sigimunduz (literally “Protector of victory”), whence also Sigmund and Siegmund.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Simon, Σίμων, -, שִׁמְעוֹן, Sigmundr, Siġemund