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SimonNoun1. One of the twelve Apostles (first century). 2. United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942). 3. United States playwright noted for light comedies (born in 1927). 4. United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Simon" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "hearkening", "that hears", "that obeys". |
Date "Simon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Bible | Simon the abbreviated form of Simeon. (1.) One of the twelve apostles, called the Canaanite (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). This word "Canaanite" does not mean a native of Canaan, but is derived from the Syriac word Kanean or Kaneniah, which was the name of a Jewish sect. The Revised Version has "Cananaean;" marg., "or Zealot" He is also called "Zelotes" (Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13; R.V., "the Zealot"), because previous to his call to the apostleship he had been a member of the fanatical sect of the Zealots. There is no record regarding him. (2.) The father of Judas Iscariot (John 6:71; 13:2, 26). (3.) One of the brothers of our Lord (Matt. 13:55; Mark 6:3). (4.) A Pharisee in whose house "a woman of the city which was a sinner" anointed our Lord's feet with ointment (Luke 7:36-38). (5.) A leper of Bethany, in whose house Mary anointed our Lord's head with ointment "as he sat at meat" (Matt. 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9). (6.) A Jew of Cyrene, in North Africa, then a province of Libya. A hundred thousand Jews from Palestine had been settled in this province by Ptolemy Soter (B.C. 323-285), where by this time they had greatly increased in number. They had a synagogue in Jerusalem for such of their number as went thither to the annual feasts. Simon was seized by the soldiers as the procession wended its way to the place of crucifixion as he was passing by, and the heavy cross which Christ from failing strength could no longer bear was laid on his shoulders. Perhaps they seized him because he showed sympathy with Jesus. He was the "father of Alexander and Rufus" (Matt. 27:32). Possibly this Simon may have been one of the "men of Cyrene" who preached the word to the Greeks (Acts 11:20). (7.) A sorcerer of great repute for his magical arts among the Samaritans (Acts 8:9-11). He afterwards became a professed convert to the faith under the preaching of Philip the deacon and evangelist (12, 13). His profession was, however, soon found to be hollow. His conduct called forth from Peter a stern rebuke (8:18-23). From this moment he disappears from the Church's history. The term "Simony," as denoting the purchase for money of spiritual offices, is derived from him. (8.) A Christian at Joppa, a tanner by trade, with whom Peter on one occasion lodged (Acts 9:43). (9.) Simon Peter (Matt. 4:18). See PETER. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Biographical Satire | SIMON, Simple, epicurean. Passed an uneventful life with the exception of an encounter with a confectioner near the fair grounds. The man operated his business on a cash basis. Simon was broke and no sale was consummated. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Literature | Simon (St.) is represented with a saw in his hand, in allusion to the instrument of his martyrdom. He sometimes bears fish in the other hand, in allusion to his occupation as a fishmonger. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang | Interjection. Source: Came from extending the spanish word for yes, which is si. Definition: It means yes or alright. Context: This could be a response to a question that someone would ask when not wanting much of a response. Usually to a yes or no question. Social Source: Chicano college students. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Slang in 1811 | SIMON. Sixpence. Simple Simon: a natural, a silly fellow; Simon Suck-egg, sold his wife for an addle duck-egg. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Herbert Simon (June 15, 1916 - February 9, 2001) was a researcher in the fields of cognitive psychology, computer science, economics and philosophy (sometimes described as a polymath).
He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1916. After earning a PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 1942, he had positions at Berkeley and the Illinois Institute of Technology. From 1949 until his death, Simon served on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University, pioneering the quantitative modeling of human behavior through research in a variety of fields.
Simon was a pioneer in the field of Artificial Intelligence, creating with Allen Newell the Logic Theory Machine (1956) and the General Problem Solver (GPS) (1957) programs. GPS was possibly the first method of separating problem solving strategy from information about particular problems. Both programs were developed using the Information Processing Language (1956) developed by Newell, Cliff Shaw and Simon.
In 1978 he was awarded The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel "for his pioneering research into the decision-making process within economic organizations". He invented the terms bounded rationality and satisficing.
See also
- List of economists
- List of economics consultancies and think tanks
Selected bibliography
- Models of Man 1957
- Models of Discovery 1977
- Models of Thought 1979, 1989
- Models of Bounded Rationality 1982
- Models of My Life 1991
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Jules François Simon (December 27, 1814 - 1896) was a French statesman and philosopher.He was born at Lorient. His father was a linen-draper from Lorraine, who renounced Protestantism before his second marriage with a Catholic Breton. Jules Simon was the son of this second marriage. The family name was Suisse, which Simon dropped in favour of his third forename. By considerable sacrifice he was enabled to attend a seminary at Vannes, and worked briefly as usher in a school before, in 1833, he became a student at the École Normale in Paris. There he came in contact with Victor Cousin, who sent him to Caen and then to Versailles to teach philosophy. He helped Cousin, without receiving any recognition, in his translations from Plato, and in 1839 became his deputy in the chair of philosophy at the Sorbonne, with the meagre salary of 83 francs per month. He also lectured on the history of philosophy at the École Normale.
At this period he edited the works of Nicolas Malebranche (2 vols, 1842), of Rene Descartes (1842), Bossuet (1842) and of Antoine Arnauld (1843), and in 1844-1845 appeared the two volumes of his Histoire de l'école d'Alexandrie. He became a regular contributor to the Revue des deux mondes, and in 1847, with Amédée Jacques and Émile Saisset, founded the Liberti de penser, with the intention of throwing off the yoke of Cousin, but he retired when Jacques allowed the insertion of an article advocating the principles of collectivism, with which he was at no time in sympathy.
In 1848 he represented the Côtes-du-Nord in the National Assembly, and next year entered the Council of State, but was retired on account of his republican opinions. His refusal to take the oath of allegiance to the government of Louis Napoleon after the coup d'état was followed by his dismissal from his professorship, and he devoted himself to philosophical and political writings of a popular order. Le Devoir (1853), which was translated into modern Greek and Swedish, was followed by La Religion naturelle (1856, Eng. trans., 1887), La Liberté de conscience (1857), La Liberté politique (1859), La Liberté civile (1859), L'Ouvrière (1861), L'Ecole (1864), Le Travail (1866), L'Ouvrier de huit ans (1867) and others.
In 1863 he was returned to the Corps Législatif for the 8th circonscription of the Seine, and supported "les Cinq" in their opposition to the government. He became minister of instruction in the government of National Defence on September 5 1870. After the capitulation of Paris in January 1871 he was sent down to Bordeaux to prevent the resistance of Léon Gambetta to the peace. But at Bordeaux, Gambetta, who had issued a proclamation excluding from the elections those who had been officials under the Empire, was all-powerful. Pretending to dispute Jules Simon's credentials, he issued orders for his arrest. Meanwhile Simon had found means of communication with Paris, and on February 6 was reinforced by Eugene Pelletan, E. Arago and Garnier-Pages. Gambetta resigned, and the ministry of the Interior, though nominally given to Arago, was really in Simon's hands.
Defeated in the département of the Seine, he sat for the Marne in the National Assembly, and resumed the portfolio of Education in the first cabinet of Adolphe Thiers's presidency. He advocated free primary education yet sought to conciliate the clergy by all the means in his power; but no concessions removed the hostility of Dupanloup, who presided over the commission appointed to consider his draft of an elementary education bill. The reforms he was actually able to carry out were concerned with secondary education. He encouraged the study of living languages, and limited the attention given to the making of Latin verse; he also encouraged independent methods at the École Normale, and set up a school at Rome where members of the French school of Athens should spend some time.
He retained office until a week before the fall of Thiers in 1873. He was regarded by the monarchical right as one of the most dangerous obstacles in the way of a restoration, which he did as much as any man (except perhaps the comte de Chambord himself) to prevent, but by the extreme left he was distrusted for his moderate views, and Gambetta never forgave his victory at Bordeaux. In 1875 he became a member of the Académie Française and a life senator, and in 1876, on the resignation of Jules Dufaure, was summoned to form a cabinet. He replaced anti-republican functionaries in the civil service by republicans, and held his own until May 3, 1877, when he adopted a motion carried by a large majority in the Chamber inviting the cabinet to use all means for the repression of clerical agitation.
His clerical enemies then induced Marshal MacMahon to take advantage of a vote on the press law carried in Jules Simon's absence from the Chamber to write him a letter regretting that he no longer preserved his influence in the Chamber, and thus practically demanding his resignation. His resignation in response to this act of the president, known as the "Seize Mai", which he might have resisted by an appeal to the Chamber, proved his ruin, and he never again held office. He justified his action by his fear of providing an opportunity for a coup d'état on the part of the marshal. The rejection (1880) of article 7 of Ferry's Education Act, by which the profession of teaching would have been forbidden to members of non-authorized congregations, was due to his intervention. He was in fact the chief of the left centre opposed to the radicalism of Jules Grévy and Gambetta. He was director of the Gaulois from 1879 to 1881, and his influence in the country among moderate republicans was retained by his articles in the Matin from 1882 onwards, in the Journal des Débats, which he joined in 1886, and in the Temps from 1890.
His own accounts of some of the events in which he had been involved appear in Souvenirs du 4 septembre (1874), Le Gouvernement de M. Thiers (2 vols., 1878), in Mémoires des autres (1889), Nouveaux mémoires des autres (1891) and Les Derniers mémoires des autres (1897), while his sketch of Victor Cousin (1887) was a further contribution to contemporary history. For his personal history, the Premiers mémoires (I900) and Le Soir de ma journée (1902), edited by his son Gustave Simon, may be supplemented by Leon Seche's Figures bretonnes, Jules Simon, sa vie, son œuvre (new ed., 1898), and G Picot, Jules Simon: notice historique (1897); also by many references to periodical literature and collected essays in Hugo P Thieme's Guide bibliographique de la litt. française de 1800 a 1906 (1907).
This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica - please update as needed.
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Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is considered to be one of the finest American songwriters of the century. He was the primary songwriter in the duo Simon and Garfunkel, which recorded several influential albums, including 1966's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme, and Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970). They also contributed extensively to the soundtrack of the 1967 film The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. The film included several of the duo's songs, all of which could be found on earlier releases (except for the now famous "Mrs. Robinson").
After Simon and Garfunkel split in 1971, Paul Simon immediately began to write and record solo material. He released Paul Simon in 1972, although this was not his first solo album, as he released The Paul Simon Song Book as a UK-only LP in 1965. He continued to release remarkable material during the seventies, and in 1986 released the ground-breaking and immensely popular Graceland.
Discography
In addition, there are numerous compilations available.
- 1965 The Paul Simon Song Book
- 1972 Paul Simon (see 1972 in music)
- 1973 There Goes Rhymin' Simon
- 1974 Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'
- 1975 Still Crazy After All These Years
- 1980 One Trick Pony (soundtrack)
- 1983 Hearts and Bones
- 1986 Graceland
- 1990 Rhythm of the Saints
- 1991 Paul Simon's Concert in the Park, August 15, 1991 (live)
- 1997 Songs From the Capeman
- 2000 You're the One
- 2002 Father and Daughter, the Academy Award-nominated song from The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Paul Simon is also the name of a US Senator. Please see Paul Martin Simon
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People called Simon include:Also:
- Simon of Trent
- Simon (leper)
- For Simon the Disciple see Saint Peter
- Simon the Canaanite, an apostle
- Simon of Cyrene, a person mentioned in the New Testament
- Simon Says is a popular children's game and also an electronic device, not to mention a song by 1910 Fruit Gum Company
- Simple Simon is a well-known nursery rhyme
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Simon Donald is a co-founder and co-editor of the British comic magazine VIZ.He set up the magazine in 1979 with his brother Chris from a bedroom in Newcastle. He is now one of its co-editors. It has been said that he is the only person to have contributed to VIZ throughout its entire history.
External links
- Simon Donald questions and answers on the Channel 4 website (reference)
- "Brown bids for Viz" - an article by Jessica Hodgson, dated May 25, 2001 (reference)
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A game for 3 or more people (most often children). One of the people is 'it', AKA Simon. The others must do what Simon tells them to do. The catch is, the magic phrase is "Simon says". If Simon says "Simon says jump", you jump (if you don't jump, you're out). If Simon says "jump", you don't jump (if you do jump, you're out). In general, it's the spirit of the command, not the actions that matters; if Simon says "Simon says touch you toes", you only have to show you're trying to touch your toes. It's the ability to distinguish between valid and invalid demands, rather than physically ability, that matters here.It is Simon's task to try to get everyone out as quickly as possible, and it is every one else's job to stay 'in' for as long as possible. The last of Simon's followers to stay in wins (although the game is not always played all the way through). Until you try it, you can't understand how hard this can be.
Some closely related games are Mother May I (AKA Captain May I) and Ship Captain (AKA Port and Starboard).
Simon Says is a classic 1980s game more popularly known as Simon. It is a circular electronic game featuring four coloured quadrants. The game will flash quadrants in turn and expect you to repeat the sequence. If you get the sequence correct the game will respond with a longer sequence.
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Simon the Canaanite (called Simon the Zealot in Luke 6:15 and Acts 1:13) was one of the apostles of Jesus Christ. (The Epistula Apostolorum written in the 2nd century calls him Judas Zelotes, which suggests he may be the Judas mentioned in John 14:22. The Old Latin translations of Matthew 10:3 substitute "Judas the Zealot" for Lebbaeus.) The New Testament records nothing more of his activites.
Later traditions speculate about his fate. One tradition states that he travelled in the Middle East and Africa; one version saying he visited Britain -- possibly Glastonbury -- and was martyred in modern-day Lincolnshire. Another, doubtless inspired by his title "the Zealot", states that he was involved in a Jewish revolt against the Romans, which was brutally suppressed.
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Synonyms: SimonSynonyms: Herb Simon (n), Herbert A. Simon (n), Herbert Aleddxander Simon (n), Marvin Neil Simon (n), Neil Simon (n), Paul Simon (n), Simon the Canaanite (n), Simon the Zealot (n), Simon Zelotes (n), St Simon (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dupe | Noun: dupe, gull, gudgeon, gobemouche, cull, cully, victim, pigeon, April fool; jay, sucker; laughingstock; Cyclops, simple Simon, flat; greenhorn; fool; puppet, cat's paw. |
Seclusion Exclusion | Recluse, hermit, eremite, cenobite; anchoret, anchorite; Simon Stylites; troglodyte, Timon of Athens, Santon, solitaire, ruralist, disciple of Zimmermann, closet cynic, Diogenes; outcast, Pariah, castaway, pilgarlic; wastrel, foundling, wilding. |
Truth | Plain truth, honest truth, sober truth, naked truth, unalloyed truth, unqualified truth, stern truth, exact truth, intrinsic truth; nuda veritas; the very thing; not an -illusion; real Simon Pure; unvarnished tale, unvarnished truth; the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth; just the thing. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Simon |
| English words defined with "Simon": Bolivia ♦ Henry III ♦ Republic of Bolivia ♦ Saint-Simonian, Simonian ♦ Zohar. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Simon": Acorn Computers Ltd., Adultery, Apostles, Apostles, where buried ♦ Bastard Operator From Hell, BOFH, Bottled Moonshine ♦ Cats, Cephas, Charing Cross, Countess di Civillari ♦ Glasgow Haskell Compiler, Green Gown ♦ Herod Philip I., Humanitarians ♦ Information Processing Language ♦ Lockhart ♦ Mad Parliament, Maid of Perth ♦ pdksh, Philosophers ♦ Rufus ♦ SASL-YACC, Simon Magus, Simon Pure, Simple Simon, Son of the Star, St. Simonism, Stations, Symbols of Saints ♦ Vicar of Bray, Vox Populi Vox Dei ♦ Washington of Columbia, Weak Head Normal Form ♦ Yet Another Compiler Compiler. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Simon": simony. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Simon" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (Simon), Slovene (Simon), Turkish (Simon). |
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Screenplays | Simon says you got to go. (Die Hard: With a Vengeance; writing credit: Jonathan Hensleigh) Helen the Waitress, Simon the Fag. (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus.) Don't you start to give me moral lectures, Simon. Are you two so pure yourselves (A Bit of a Do; writing credit: David Nobbs) But look what you would've missed riding on Daddy's shoulders and Simon rocking you on the front porch and Mary giving you a bath on the kitchen sink (7th Heaven; writing credit: Leslie Danon; Austin Reid) Let's see. We killed Simon and River (Firefly; writing credit: Michael Mates) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bienvenue à Michel Simon (1973) King of the Witches Simon (1971) Dr. Simon Locke (1971) The Simon Dee Show (1970) Simon Simon (1970) | |
Song Titles | Simon Says (performing artist: The 1910 Fruitgum Company) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Cruising through an ice field - l to r - Ted Shanahan, Stan Jeffers, Jerry Gray, and Simon Tagarook. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | [Health resorts & watering places] : Dr. Simon Baruch Public Bath, New York. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Here Simon cries for Phillida,... / Tim Bobbin [i.e. John Collier] Pinx. Thos. Sanders sculp. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | With other flag and general officers, at CinCPac Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1944. Those present are (left to right): Admiral Nimitz; Lieutenant General Delos C. Emmons, U.S. Army; Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, USN; Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN and Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, U.S. Army. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Saints Simon and Jude Church, Bethlehem, Pa. Metalwork decorations for door. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | This plate is respectfully dedicated to all the butchers in the United States by their obt. Sert. Chrr. Wispart. in honour of our Republican Governor Simon Snyder. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A. P. Leifeld/M. E. Simon. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mike Simon. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Pleasant View township comes down with Simon B. Tracey for County Treasurer. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mr. Neil Simon, author, sitting on windowsill at home pouring over a script of play he wrote / World Telegram & Sun p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Al Ravenna.. |
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| "Ocean Colour Scene 6" by Vi Xs Commentary: "Lead singer - Simon Fowler Taken Live 30-09-03 at Middlesbrough Town Hall." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Simon Bolivar | We have plowed the seas. |
| I plowed furrows in the ocean. | |
| If Nature is against us, we shall fight Nature, and make it obey. | |
| The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty. | |
Simon Cameron | An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. |
Simon Dach | Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow, we will stand by each other, however it blow. |
St. Simon | The golden age is before us, not behind us. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Saint Simon, Owen, Fourier, are there also, in lateral galleries |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | I am walking beside my father whose name is Simon Dedalus |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The Simon Foundation for Continence P. (references) | |
Horsburgh C, Chin D, Yajko D, Hopewell P, Nassos P, Elkin E, Hadley W, Stone E, Simon E, Gonzalez P, Ostroff S, Reingold A. Environmental risk factors for acquisition of Mycobacterium avium complex in persons with human immunodeficiency virus infections. (references) | ||
Business | These include John Maynard Keynes, Simon Kuznets, Irving Fisher, Franco Modigliani, Albert Ando, Richard Brumberg, and Milton Friedman. (references) | |
Taiwan’s large book market has successfully enticed several U.S. publishers to establish independent branch offices in Taipei, including Encyclopaedia Britannica, McGraw-Hill, and Simon & Schuster. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Venezuela | In April the Government attempted to name to the Superior Council of the Simon Bolivar University in Caracas a majority of individuals because of their political allegiance to the Government, rather than because of their academic credentials. (references) |
Economic History | Colombia | Simon Bolivar was elected its first president and Francisco de Paula Santander, vice president. (references) |
Peru | Peru's independence movement was led by Jose de San Martin of Argentina and Simon Bolivar of Venezuela. (references) | |
Human Rights | Uganda | On June 26, police in Mbale arrested Hoima Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Simon Mulongo, after his bodyguard killed an opponent in Buwabwala sub-county, Bubulo East Constituency. (references) |
Argentina | In April Federal Judge Gabriel Cavallo charged former police agent Julio Simon with the torture and kidnaping of Jose Poblete and Gertrudis Hlaczik, who disappeared after being detained in 1978. Simon was put under house arrest; the case against Simon and his partner Juan Antonio del Cerro continued at year's end. (references) | |
Spain | In October Rafael Caride Simon was sentenced to 142 years' imprisonment for killing a Civil Guard officer in 1987. In December Jose Javier Zabaleta received 200 years' imprisonment for an attack that killed five persons in 1980. In December, following an October agreement, France for the first time temporarily extradited an ETA member serving a prison sentence to facilitate his trial in Spain. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Venezuela | However, there were no reports or evidence of involvement in trafficking by government officials, and the Government took steps this year to reduce corruption among immigration officials by replacing immigration inspectors at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia. (references) |
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Don Hewitt | I'd like to do more of the same better. I'd like to add Bob Simon as a regular. I'd like to add Christiane Amanpour as a regular, which means take her away from here. |
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| "Simon" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.95% of the time. "Simon" is used about 4,273 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.95% | 4,271 | 2,302 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.05% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,273 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Simon" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Simon | First name Male | 26,000 | 404 |
| Simon | Last name | 26,000 | 428 |
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| "Simon" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "hearkening", "that hears", "that obeys". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Simon." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Ximun | Male | Basque | Simon |
| Simeon | Male | Biblical | Simon |
| Simon | Male | Biblical | N/A |
| Simon | N/A | Biblical | N/A |
| Simona | Female | Czech | Simon |
| Siemen | Male | Dutch | Simon |
| Cymone | Female | English | Simon |
| Simon | Male | English | N/A |
| Simona | Female | English | Simon |
| Simo | Male | Finnish | Simon |
| Simon | Male | French | N/A |
| Simone | Female | French | Simon |
| Simon | Male | Hungarian | N/A |
| Simona | Female | Italian | Simon |
| Simone | Male | Italian | Simon |
| Shimmel | Male | Jewish | Simon |
| Shimon | Male | Jewish | Simon |
| Szymon | Male | Polish | Simon |
| Simão | Male | Portuguese | Simon |
| Simona | Female | Romanian | Simon |
| Semyon | Male | Russian | Simon |
| Simon | Male | Scandinavian | N/A |
| Simona | Female | Slovene | Simon |
| Ximena | Female | Spanish | Simon |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Simon Group PLC | USA | Simon Property Group, Inc. |
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1. Simon, WV |
Expressions using "Simon": adolph Simon Ochs ♦ Georg Simon Ohm ♦ George Simon Kaufman ♦ herb Simon ♦ Herbert A. Simon ♦ Herbert Aleddxander Simon ♦ Marvin Neil Simon ♦ Neil Simon ♦ Paul Simon ♦ Pierre Simon de Laplace ♦ Simon Bolivar ♦ Simon de Montfort ♦ Simon Kuznets ♦ Simon Legree ♦ Simon Marks ♦ Simon Newcomb ♦ Simon Peter ♦ Simon test scale ♦ Simon the Canaanite ♦ Simon the Zealot ♦ Simon Zelotes ♦ simple simon ♦ St Simon. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Simon": Simon-barron, Simon-pure. | |
Ending with "Simon": Saint-simon. | |
Containing "Simon": Binet-Simon scale. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
my simon | 1,640 | simon pearce | 124 |
paul simon | 946 | bolivar muerte simon | 124 |
simon | 907 | neil simon | 123 |
simon mall | 834 | bolivar nasceu onde simon | 114 |
simon and garfunkel | 796 | simon baker | 110 |
simon cowell | 746 | simon fraser | 109 |
simon schuster | 664 | simon property group | 109 |
simon rex | 570 | ask simon | 107 |
simon bolivar | 569 | garfunkle simon | 107 |
carly simon | 520 | nude simon rex | 105 |
simon fraser university | 486 | properties simon | 103 |
ross simon | 253 | 1998 musical paul simon | 102 |
neil simon theater | 235 | simon mill | 101 |
simon and garfunkel lyrics | 222 | st simon island | 98 |
paul simon lyrics | 197 | simon birch | 88 |
simon raven | 179 | bisley simon | 84 |
delivers simon | 158 | daughter father paul simon | 82 |
simon say | 142 | universidad simon bolivar | 82 |
norton simon museum | 141 | carly simon lyrics | 81 |
simon milo | 138 | simon pierce | 71 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Simon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i pastër (absolute, chaste, childlike, clean, clean-handed, cleanly, clear, dapper, fair, innocent, neat, net, new, orderly, potty-trained, pure, refined, simon-pure, snug, spotless, sterling, tidy, trig, unadulterated, unblended, unimpeachable, unwritten, virgin, virginal, well groomed, white). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | чист (absolute, chaste, clean, cleanly, clear, crisp, crystal, downright, fair, fine, fresh, heavenly, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, lucid, mere, native, natty, neat, net, orderly, oriental, pellucid, pristine, pure, rank, sanitary, self, sheer, simon-pure, soilless, solid, stainless, sterling, straight, sublime, sweet, taintless, trim, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblemished, unmixed, unpolluted, unsophisticated, unspotted, unstained, virgin, virginal, virtuous, white, white-handed), автентичен (authentic, genuine, original, real, simon-pure), лицемерен (canting, double faced, false, hypocritical, jesuitic, jesuitical, pharisaic, simon-pure, smooth, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smooth-faced), праведен (innocent, just, pious, righteous, simon-pure), привидно чист (simon-pure), истински (actual, authentic, authentically, bona fide, factual, for real, genuine, genuinely, good, honest, mere, natural, par excellence, positive, precious, proper, pucka, pukka, pure, real, regular, regularly, right, right-down, sheer, simon-pure, thorough, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, true, true blue, true born, truly, truthful, unadulterated, unfeigned, veridical, veritable, very, virtual). (various references) | |
Chinese | 西蒙. (various references) | |
Czech | Šimon. (various references) | |
Danish | Simon's tegn (Simon sign), Simon's skala (Simon test scale), Simon's alveolære extentionsapparatur (alveolar extension device Simon), Simondiffusion (Simon diffusion), Simon-Bralez'sygdom (Simon-Bralez disease), apikale forkalkninger (Simon foci). (various references) | |
Dutch | Simondiffusie (Simon diffusion), veerbeugelapparaat (alveolar extension device Simon), teken van Simon (Simon sign). (various references) | |
Finnish | Simonin diffuusio (Simon diffusion). (various references) | |
French | Simon. (various references) | |
German | Simon-Zeichen (Simon sign), Simon-Skala (Simon test scale), Simon-Herde (Simon foci), Simon-Diffusion (Simon diffusion), Simon-Bralez-Krankheit (Simon-Bralez disease), Federbalkenapparat Simon (alveolar extension device Simon). (various references) | |
Greek | γνήσιοσ (authentic, genuine, simon-pure, sterling, true born), διάχυση Simon (Simon diffusion). (various references) | |
Hungarian | igazi (actual, practical, proper, pucka, pukka, pure, quite the thing, real, right, simon-pure, some, tangible, veritable, very). (various references) | |
Italian | sindrome di Simon (Simon sign), sempliciotto (Cully, gaby, muggins, nincompoop, simple simon, simpleton), segno di Simon (Simon sign), noduli di Simon (Simon foci), focolai di Simon (Simon foci), diffusione di Simon (Simon diffusion), apparecchio di estensione alveolare di Simon (alveolar extension device Simon). (various references) | |
Korean | 사이몬. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | imonsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sinal de Simon (Simon sign), escala de Simon (Simon test scale), doença de Simon-Bralez (Simon-Bralez disease), difusão de Simon (Simon diffusion). (various references) | |
Russian | Саймон. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pravi (genuine, ortho-, plumb, proper, pucka, pukka, real, sheer, simon-pure, stark, sterling, thorough, true), istinski (authentic, bona fide, pucka, pukka, real, simon-pure, sterling, true). (various references) | |
Slovene | simon. (various references) | |
Spanish | extensor alveolar (alveolar extension device Simon), difusión de Simon (Simon diffusion), bobo (asinine, boob, booby, crazy, daft, dolt, dumbbell, dunce, fool, foolish, gawk, goof, half wit, half-witted, idiot, idiotic, imbecile, juggins, lemon, loony, loose, lummox, mug, mutt, nincompoop, ninny, ninny-hammer, noddy, noodle, numbhead, oafish, sap, saphead, silly, simple simon, soft-headed, soppy, stupid, stupide, sucker, wet, yo-yo), auténtico (authentic, bona fide, genuine, pukka, real, realistic, real-life, simon-pure, solid, true, unfailing). (various references) | |
Swedish | Simondiffusion (Simon diffusion), dummerjöns (juggins, simp, simple simon, simpleton), dumbom (bonehead, dunce, fool, gaby, goof, goon, idiot, innocent, jobbernowl, jolterhead, lack-brain, Looby, loon, ninny, ninny-hammer, nitwit, poop, pumpkin-head, sap, silly, simp, simple simon, simpleton, stupid, zany). (various references) | |
Thai | แท้จริง (bona fide, good, simon-pure, sincere). (various references) | |
Turkish | Simon, Aziz Petrus (Peter). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | справжній (active, actual, authentic, factual, genuine, honest, intrinsic, intrinsical, natural, operative, original, practical, pukka, real, sheer, simon-pure, sincere, true, true born, unadulterated, undoubted, unfeigned, veridic, veridical, veritable, very). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 1, Verse 36 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai katediwxan auton o simwn kai oi met autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et persecutus est eum Simon et qui cum illo erant |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & hym fylgede symon & þa þe mid hymwæren. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Symount suede hym, and thei that weren with hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Simon and they that were with him folowed after him. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Simon, and they that were with him, followed after him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Simon and those who were with him came after him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 1, Verse 36 |
| Cebuano | Ug siya giapas ni Simon ug sa iyang mga kauban, |
| Chinese | 西 門 和 同 伴 追 了 他 去 。 |
| Croatian | Potražiše ga Šimun i njegovi drugovi. |
| Danish | Og Simon og de, som vare med ham, skyndte sig efter ham. |
| Dutch | En Simon, en die met hem waren, zijn Hem nagevolgd. |
| Finnish | Mutta Simon ja ne, jotka olivat hänen kanssaan, riensivät hänen jälkeensä; |
| French | Simon et ceux qui étaient avec lui se mirent à sa recherche; |
| Gaelic | Agus lean Simon e, agus iadsan a bha comhla ris. |
| German | Und Petrus mit denen, die bei ihm waren, eilten ihm nach. |
| Hungarian | Simon pedig és a vele lévõk utána sietének; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi Simon dan teman-temannya pergi mencari Dia. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka Simon dengan segala orang sertanya menyusul Dia. |
| Italian | Ma Simone e quelli che erano con lui si misero sulle sue tracce |
| Maori | Na ka whai a Haimona ratou ko ona hoa i a ia. |
| Norwegian | Og Simon og de som var med ham, skyndte sig efter ham. |
| Portuguese | Foram, pois, Simão e seus companheiros procurá-lo; |
| Rumanian | Simon wi ceilalyi cari erau cu El s`au dus sq -L caute; |
| Russian | уЙНПО Й ВЩЧЫЙЕ У ОЙН РПЫМЙ ЪБ оЙН |
| Shuar | Tura Semun ni amikrijiai Jesus wemaanum wéarmiayi. |
| Swahili | Simoni na wenzake wakaenda kumtafuta. |
| Swedish | Men Simon och de som voro med honom skyndade efter honom. |
| Ukrainian | А Симон та ті, що були з ним, поспішили за Ним. |
| Uma | Simon hante doo-na hilou mpali' -i. Kararua' -na, ra'uli' -ki: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Simon": simoniac, simoniacal, simoniacally, simoniacs, simonies, simonist, simonists, simonize, simonized, simonizes, simonizing, simony. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Simon": stasimon. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Simon": parsimonies, parsimonious, parsimoniously, parsimony. (additional references) | |
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"Simon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cimcon, Cymon, Gimona, Osimo, samon, Sanon, Scimone, Seamon, Sebon, seimon, Sejong, Semyon, Sezon, Shimono, Shmonov, Sigon, Sihon, Siimann, Simcoe, Simeen, simonm, Simun, Sinkov, sinun, Somboon, synom, synon, Wimon. ( | |
