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What does Simone mean?

Simone Pronunciation of Simone as a girls' name (also used less commonly as boys' name Simone) is pronounced see-mohn, sih-MOHN. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Simone is "hear, listen". Feminine of Simon. Used outside of France from the middle of the 20th century. Actress Simone Signoret; writer Simone de Beauvoir; gymnast Simona Amanar.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Si-, -ne

ASSOCIATED WITH 20th century (modern)

Variations

VARIANTS Shimona, Shimonah, Simeona, Simmina, Simona, Simonetta, Simonette, Simonia, Simonina, Simonna, Simonne, Symona, Symone

SEE ALSO Ximena

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Simone Dayana (S.D.), ..

How popular is Simone?

Simone is a very prominent first name for women (#711 out of 4276, Top 17%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#4607 out of 150436, Top 3%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Simone entered the list in 1910-1919 and reached its top position of #347 in the U.S. in the year 1990, and is currently at #733. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Simone name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Simone outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular variation forms of Simone (#733 FROM RECENT DATA) are Ximena (#118), Simona and Symone. These forms of Simone were favored as baby names in 2018 (AVERAGE #1212), except for the version Symone which has fallen out of style. Simone is more widely used than the rest, though Ximena is now the preferred form.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Simone, Simona, Symone, Ximena in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Simone and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Ailene, Armine, Cleone, Dianne, Dimona, Dione, Ebone, Eilene, Eirene, Ermine, Fifine, Fione, Gitane, Idone, Irmine, Jone, Leone, Liane, Minne, Rimona, Salome, Sammee, Sammie, Savine, Sedona, Shaine, Shene, Shiona, Shirine, Shivonne, Shona, Shone, Sian, Siana, Sidaine, Sideny, Sidney, Sidni, Sidnie, Sidonia, Sidonie, Sidony, Siena, Sienna, Sigmonda, Signa, Signe, Sigornee (see Sigourney), Sile, Silke, Silkie, Silvie, Sima, Simla, Sina, Sine, Sinnie, Sioux, Sirena, Sirene, Sisile, Sissee (see Sissy), Sivney, Sivnie (see Sivney), Sloane, Soline, Sonje, Stine, Suzon, Sydona, Teone, Theone, Tianne, Tine and Wilone. These names tend to be less frequently used than Simone.

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