# Simon

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈsaɪmən/ · frequency rank #3,137

## Definitions
1. Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
2. A male given name from Hebrew.
3. A surname originating as a patronymic.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-son)
- **sin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-sin)
- **soon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-soon)
- **Sims** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-sims)
- **sumo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-sumo)
- **smog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-smog)
- **Sion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-sion)
- **spoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-spoon)
- **siren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-siren)
- **swoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-swoon)
- **solon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-solon)
- **Simone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-simone)
- **summon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-summon)
- **Simons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-simons)
- **siphon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-siphon)
- **Simona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-simona)
- **Symons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-symons)
- **Simpson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-simpson)
- **SIM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sim-vs-simon)
- **sign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sign-vs-simon)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ismon`, `simmon`, `simno`, `simonn`, `siomn`, `smion`, `ssimon`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/simon