MEANING & HISTORY
What does Simone mean?
Simone is the French feminine form of Simon. The Hebrew Simon family is associated with hearing or listening.
Italian also uses Simone as a masculine form, demonstrating why the same spelling cannot establish a bearer’s gender. The name’s documented language forms should be distinguished from a universal feminine interpretation.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From French Simone, feminine form of Simon.
A female given name from French.
Wiktionary: Simone (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Simone
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
Simone Rota
Filipino footballer
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: Simone Rota
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Simone 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 Simone
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
- Simon♂Biblical name related to Simeon; “he has heard”
- Ione·Violet flower
- Simeon♂Hearing or listening
- Simeón♂Hearing or listening; Spanish form of Simeon
- Simeona♀Feminine Simeon; a hearing-related Hebrew family
- Sidney·Wide island in the English place-name route
- Sienna♀The reddish earth pigment, from Siena
- Sim·Short form of Simon or Simeon
What rhymes with Simone?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Simone further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q602977 — Simone (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Simone Rota (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q602977 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Simone (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Simone (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Simon (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted parent-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.
- Wiktionary: Simon (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted parent-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.