What does "simon" mean?
Alternative letter-case form of simon (“sixpence coin”).
Simon
/ˈsaɪmən/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Alternative letter-case form of simon (“sixpence coin”).
- Grammar: simon is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: first name, forename, given name, personal name.
- Useful contrasts: anonymous person, nameless person, unnamed person.
- Usage evidence: Simon and Peter's brother Andrew was one of the two who heard what John had said.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of simon (“sixpence coin”). alt-of
"[…] I ovve Crop the Lender a Brace, and if I have a ſingle Simon to pay him, rot me: […]"
- 2 Sixpence coin. British, dated, slang
- 3 A US dollar. US, archaic, slang
Proper Noun
- 1 Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
"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."
- 2 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."
- 3 A surname originating as a patronymic.
"Western musicians such as Peter Gabriel, Sting, Paul Simon and David Byrne"
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
anonymous personnameless personunnamed person
Example
"Simon and Peter's brother Andrew was one of the two who heard what John had said."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "simon"?
Common synonyms include: first name, forename, given name, personal name, simeon.
How do you use "simon" in a sentence?
Simon and Peter's brother Andrew was one of the two who heard what John had said.
How do you pronounce "simon"?
Pronounced /ˈsaɪmən/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English Simon, Symond, Symounde, from Anglo-Norman Simon, Simond, Simund, a conflation of two unrelated names: one from Latin Simon, from Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn, “hearkening”), 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.
Etymology 2
Uncertain. One theory suggests derivation from a joke based on the bible verse Acts 9:43, rendered as “Peter lodged with Simon a tanner”, a pun on the meanings of lodge (“stay in a place; put away money”). Partridge suggests that this not possible given the dates, however, and suggests instead derivation from some unknown person’s name. Attested from the late 17th century, with synonymous tanner attested from the 18th. Compare also simony, from a different biblical figure, Simon Magnus. The “US dollar” sense derives from the earlier “sixpence”, perhaps influenced by the $ symbol.