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Simone - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Simone
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. si-mo-ne, sim-one ] The girl name Simone is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced SIHMOWN KEY. Simone is of Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in English, French, and German. The meaning of Simone is 'she who hears, God has heard'. Biblical name derived from the word shama which has the meaning 'to hear'. The name was first adopted by English speakers in the 20th century. Simone is the feminine form of the English, French, and German Simon.

Forms of Simone include the Spanish Jimena, the Italian and Scandinavian Simona, the Italian Simonetta, and the Spanish Ximena. Another variant of the name is the French pet form Simonette.

Simone is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name increased in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1980s. Its usage peaked modestly in 1988 with 0.042% of baby girls being named Simone. It was #311 in rank then. The baby name has slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, it ranked at #533 with a usage of 0.028%. Among the family of girl names directly related to Simone, the Spanish Ximena was the most popular. It was 51% more widely used than Simone in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Simone include the Arabic, Indian, Iranian, and Spanish Salma, the Indian Sameena, the English Sammie, the English Sammy, the German and Russian Sanja, the English, German, and Scandinavian Sanna, the German Sannie, the Italian Santa, the Russian Sanya, the Scottish Seonaid, the Yiddish Shaina, the Arabic and Indian Shama, the English Shana, the English Shanna, the English Shannon, the English Shanon, the English Shauna, the English Shaunah, the English Shawna, the English Shawnie, the Hebrew and Yiddish Shayna, the Hebrew Shaynah, the English Sheena, the English Sheyenne, the English Shianne, the Scottish Shona, the English Shyann, the English Shyanne, the Scandinavian Signi, the Scandinavian Signy, the Russian Sima, the German and Scandinavian Sina, the Finnish and Scandinavian Sini, the English Sonia, the German Sonja, the Russian Sonya, the English Susan, the English and German Susanne, the English Suzan, the Portuguese Suzane, the French Suzanne, the English Cheyenne, the English Sam, the Arabic Samia, the Arabic Samiha, the Arabic, Indian, and Iranian Samina, the Arabic and Turkish Samya, the Dutch and German Sanne, the English Shania, the English Shaune, the English Shawana, the English Shawanna, the English Shawn, the Irish Shawnae, the English Shawnah, the Hebrew Sheine, the Hebrew Shushana, the Hebrew Shushanna, the Welsh Sian, the Scandinavian Signe, the Italian and Scandinavian Simona, the Scottish Siùsan, the Italian and Spanish Susana, the German and Italian Susanna, the English Susannah, the Portuguese Suzana, the English Suzanna, and the Scandinavian Synne.

KEY: Pronunciation for Simone: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


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