SIMON

'Simon'
Gender:	Male
Origin:	Genesis 29:33
Meaning:	"he has heard"

'Simon' is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן ''Šimʿon'', meaning "he [God] has heard" (compare ''Ishmael'').

★ Simeon (name)

★ Simon (surname)

★ Jimeno (surname)

Contents

People called Simon

In the Bible

Fictional characters

Animals

Electronics and technology

Media names

Other

See also

People called Simon

★ Jimeno I of Pamplona (9th century)

★ Jimeno II of Pamplona (10th century), founder of the Jiménez dynasty

★ Simeon II of Bulgaria

★ Simon of Bet-Titta, a Christian martyr

★ Simon of Bet-Parsaje, a martyr of Iran with Mana of Bet-Parsaje

★ Simon of Sudbury

★ Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow

★ Simón Bolívar, the leader of several independence movements throughout South America

★ Simone Arturo Saint-Bon (1823-1892)

★ Sim On, was a Prime Minister of the Korean Joseon Dynasty

★ Simon of Worcester early 12th century Bishop of Worcester

In the Bible

★ Simon Peter, better known as Saint Peter, one of the Twelve Apostles.

★ Simon the Zealot (also called Simon the Canaanite), another of the twelve apostles.

★ Simon the Leper

★ Simon of Cyrene

★ Simon Magus

★ Simon, the brother (or step-brother) of Jesus, is only mentioned in passing in the Bible (Matthew 13:55, Mark 6:3), but he is sometimes identified with Simeon of Jerusalem and Simon the Zealot.

Fictional characters

★ Simon Templar - The Saint, 1970's TV series

★ Simon, member of Alvin and the Chipmunks

★ Simon, character in ''Lord of the Flies''

★ Simon, the main villain from ''Trollz''

★ Simon, King of the Witches, protagonist of psychedelic 1970s satire of the same name

★ Simon Phoenix, a fictional criminal in the 1990s movie ''Demolition Man''

★ Simon Tam, a fictional character from the TV series Firefly

★ Simon Belmont, hero of the video game ''Castlevania''

★ The main character of ''Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings''

Animals

★ Simon (Amethyst's cat), ship's cat on the HMS Amethyst, promoted to Able Seaman in the Royal Navy

★ St. Simon (horse), a British racehorse currently in the grand national.

Electronics and technology

★ Simon (game), a 1978 electronic game

★ Simon (chess), chess engine

★ SIMON breach grenade, door breaching rifle grenade

★ SIMON (Batch Interactive test/debug)

★ IBM Simon the first smartphone

★ Simon (logic instruction), interactive smart tutor for students learning classical logic

Media names

★ Simon FM, a radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina

★ ''Simon (1980 film)'', starring Alan Arkin

★ Simon, pseudonymic writer of the 1977 'Simon Necronomicon', or the 'real Necronomicon'

Other

★ Simon Property Group

★ Simon Says (children's game)

See also

★ Simone

★ Saint-Simon