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Hey,
who nows the meaning/history of the surename "simon" (yes i know brother of jesus/the bible) but under what circumstance is this as surename built.
kindest regards and thank you for your time
Collina
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who nows the meaning/history of the surename "simon" (yes i know brother of jesus/the bible) but under what circumstance is this as surename built.
kindest regards and thank you for your time
Collina
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http://www.neugutschein.de/
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from the personal name, Hebrew Shim‘on, which is probably derived from the verb sham‘a ‘to hearken’. In the Vulgate and in many vernacular versions of the Old Testament, this is usually rendered Simeon. In the Greek New Testament, however, the name occurs as Simon, as a result of assimilation to the pre-existing Greek byname Simon (from simos ‘snub-nosed’). Both Simon and Simeon were in use as personal names in western Europe from the Middle Ages onward. In Christendom the former was always more popular, at least in part because of its associations with the apostle Simon Peter, the brother of Andrew. In Britain there was also confusion from an early date with Anglo-Scandinavian forms of Sigmund, a name whose popularity was reinforced at the Conquest by the Norman form Simund.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press (via ancestry.com)
and for the meaning of Sigmund, click here: http://www.behindthename.com/name/sigmund
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press (via ancestry.com)
and for the meaning of Sigmund, click here: http://www.behindthename.com/name/sigmund
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Hey Mar,
thank you - that is very interesting!
Collina
thank you - that is very interesting!
Collina
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