| [ 3 syll. si-meo(n), sim-e-on ] The boy name Simeon is pronounced as SIHMiyahN KEY. Simeon is used predominantly in German and Slavic. It is derived from Hebrew origins. Simeon is a variant form of the name Simon (English, French, and German). Simeon is a somewhat popular baby boy name. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 2000s. At the modest height of its usage in 2005, 0.010% of baby boys were named Simeon. It was #859 in rank then. In 2007, its usage was 0.010% and its ranking #926. Within the family of boy names directly related to Simeon, Simon (English, French, and German) was the most popular. In 2007, it was 6 times more regularly used than Simeon. Baby names that sound like Simeon include Seanán (Irish), Stiana (Irish), Salman (Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish), Sami (Arabic, Hungarian, Iranian, and Turkish), Sammy (English), Samu (Hungarian), Samy (Arabic and French), Sanya (Russian), Sawney (Scottish), Sawnie (Scottish), Semyon (Russian), Senán (Irish), Shannon (English), Shimon (Hebrew), Siemen (Dutch and German), Simen (Scandinavian), Simon (English, French, and German), Simone (Italian), Sina (Arabic and Iranian), Síomón (Irish), Sonnie (English), Sonny (English), Szymon (Polish), Cemi (Albanian), Sam (English), Sean (Irish), Sem (Dutch and German), Shane (English and Irish), Shaun (English), Shawn (English), Shayne (English), Shem (English), Shone (English), Sim (English), Sìm (Scottish), Stian (Scandinavian), Swen (German and Scandinavian), and Cem (Arabic and Turkish). KEY: English pronunciation for Simeon: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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