Shimon as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Shimon

What is the meaning of the name Shimon ?

The baby name Shimon is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced shee-MOHN.

Shimon is Hebrew in Origin.

Shimon is the English transliteration of Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן, vocalized Šimʿōn in Tiberian Hebrew and already present in the Hebrew Bible. Its root is the Semitic verb שׁמע š-m-ʿ, to hear or listen; Genesis 29:33 explicitly links the child’s name with God having heard Leah. The form is usually understood as a Hebrew personal-name formation carrying the sense he has heard.

In Jewish usage Shimon belongs first to the son of Jacob and Leah, ancestor of the tribe of Simeon. Greek transmission produced Symeon and Simon, the forms familiar from the Septuagint and New Testament, while Hebrew and Yiddish contexts preserved Shimon. Rabbinic bearers include Shimon bar Yochai and Shimon ben Gamliel; in modern Hebrew it is associated internationally with Israeli statesman Shimon Peres. In the United States it remains concentrated in Jewish communities, with recent SSA data showing modest but rising use.