Simon is a given name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "listen" or "hearing".

[1] It is also a classical Greek name, deriving from an adjective meaning "flat-nosed".

[2]: 232 [3] In the first century AD, Simon was the most popular male name for Jews in Roman Judea.

[6]: 58 Simon is one Latinised version of the name, the others being Simeon or Symeon.

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