MEANING & HISTORY
What does Simeón mean?
Simeón is the Spanish form of Simeon, continuing Greek Symeon and Hebrew Shimon. The Hebrew root shama concerns hearing or listening.
Simeon is the spelling often used for Jacob’s son in the Old Testament, while Simon represents a related Greek rendering in the New Testament. The accent belongs to the Spanish written form. Its meaning concerns the act of hearing rather than a claim that the bearer has a particular supernatural ability.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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SpanishEtymology & source
Derived from Latin Simeon. Doublet of Simón.
a male given name
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People with the name Simeón
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Benigno Aquino III
president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Ninoy Aquino
Filipino senator and governor of Tarlac (1932–1983)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Benigno Aquino III, Ninoy Aquino
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Simeón in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Simeón
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Simeon♂Hearing or listening
- Simeona♀Feminine Simeon; a hearing-related Hebrew family
- Simon♂Biblical name related to Simeon; “he has heard”
- Simone♂♀French feminine Simon-name form; hearing
- Leon♂Lion
- León♂Lion
- Sienna♀The reddish earth pigment, from Siena
- Sim·Short form of Simon or Simeon
What rhymes with Simeón?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
- ConcepciónSpanish · /-on/
- EncarnaciónSpanish · /-on/
- FilemónSpanish · /-on/
- HilariónSpanish · /-on/
- LeónSpanish · /-on/
- NapoleónSpanish · /-on/
- PantaleónSpanish · /-on/
- PurificaciónSpanish · /-on/
- RamónSpanish · /-on/
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Simeón further
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- Wikidata given-name item Q27179185 — Simeón (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Benigno Aquino III (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q27179185 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Ninoy Aquino (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q27179185 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Simeón (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Simeón (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Simeon (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Simon-1 (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.