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Usual English form of SIMEON (SEE Simeon). This form of the name is borne in the New Testament by various characters: two apostles, a brother of Jesus, a Pharisee, a leper, a tanner, a sorcerer (who offered money for the gifts of the Holy Ghost, giving rise to the term simony), and the man who carried Jesus's cross to the Crucifixion.
Cognates: Irish Gaelic: Síomón. Scottish Gaelic: Sìm, Simidh. Dutch, Low German: Siemen. Polish: Szymon. Czech: Šimon. Russian: Semyon. Hebrew: Shimon.
Pet forms: Czech: Ši(on)ek, Simůnek, Simeček.
First names dictionary. 2012.