Simone
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Simone is a female given name derived from Simon
, Hebrew Simeon, meaning "one who hears". It first appears in Iberia from the 10th century, as Jimena, Ximena, feminine eponym of Jimeno (Simeon) II of Pamplona, founder of the Jiménez dynasty
. Simone itself is the French spelling; it is sometimes spelled Simonne.
Simone - pronounced see-MAW-ne - is also the Italian spelling of the male given name, Simon
; the Italian feminine form is Simona.
At present, it is common in Portuguese
.
In Romania
the feminine form Simona is widely spread whereas the masculine Simon is very rare.
Simon (given name)
Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "He has heard."- In other languages :*Ancient Greek: Σιμων* Albanian: Simon, Simeon* Amharic: ስምዖን, Smeon* Arabic: سِمْعَان , شَمْعُون...
, Hebrew Simeon, meaning "one who hears". It first appears in Iberia from the 10th century, as Jimena, Ximena, feminine eponym of Jimeno (Simeon) II of Pamplona, founder of the Jiménez dynasty
Jiménez dynasty
The Jiménez or Ximenes were an Iberian ruling family from the 10th century to the 13th century. They were the first Europeanisers of Spain and brought her back within the wider European political scene while also giving her the political character and division that persisted until the end of the...
. Simone itself is the French spelling; it is sometimes spelled Simonne.
Simone - pronounced see-MAW-ne - is also the Italian spelling of the male given name, Simon
Simon (given name)
Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "He has heard."- In other languages :*Ancient Greek: Σιμων* Albanian: Simon, Simeon* Amharic: ስምዖን, Smeon* Arabic: سِمْعَان , شَمْعُون...
; the Italian feminine form is Simona.
At present, it is common in Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
.
In Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
the feminine form Simona is widely spread whereas the masculine Simon is very rare.
Jimena
- Dona Jimena, mother of Bernardo del CarpioBernardo del CarpioBernald del Carpio, also Bernaldo del Carpio and Bernardo del Carpio, is a legendary hero of medieval Kingdom of Asturias, comparable to other legendary medieval Iberian heroes like El Cid.-The story:...
(8th century, legendary) - Jimena of Cea (10th century), wife of García Sánchez II of Pamplona (great-grandson of Jimeno II)
- Jimena, daughter of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of BarcelonaRamon Berenguer III, Count of BarcelonaRamon Berenguer III the Great was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1082 , Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and Provence, in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1112, all until his death in Barcelona in 1131...
(11th century) - Jimena, daughter of Alfonso V of LeónAlfonso V of LeónAlfonso V , called the Noble, was King of León from 999 to 1028. He was the son of Bermudo II by his second wife Elvira García of Castile. The Abbot Oliva called him "Emperor of Spain"....
(11th century) - Jimena (singer)Jimena (singer)Jimena is a Mexican pop singer. In June 2001, Jimena was signed to Crescent Moon Records, record label co-owned by Emilio Estefan and Sony Music. Her first album was Jimena, which included 10 songs, seven of which she wrote. The single Maldita ignorancia was released in three versions, norteña,...
, (born 1980) Mexican singer - Jimena DíazJimena DíazDoña Ximena Díaz was the wife of El Cid from 1074 and her husband's successor as ruler of Valencia from 1099 to 1102.-References:*...
, wife of El CidEl CidRodrigo Díaz de Vivar , known as El Cid Campeador , was a Castilian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat...
(11th century) - Jimena Elías (born 1989), Miss Peru
- Jimena Munoz, mistress of Alfonso VI of León and Castile (11th century)
- María Jimena PiccoloMaría Jimena PiccoloMaría Jimena Piccolo is a well known telenovela and television show actress. She is perhaps better known for her characterization of "Jimena" on Telefe's "Chiquititas", a children and teenager oriented soap opera....
, (born 1985) Argentine TV actress
Simona
- Simona Krainová (born 1973), Czech model
- Simona Bourne, American Achiever
- Simona Fusco Stratten (born 1978), Italian model
- Simona Galikova (born 1975), Slovakian former tennis player
- Simona HalepSimona HalepSimona Halep is a world top-50 tennis player playing on the ITF Women's Circuit and the WTA Tour, and is currently the number-two ranked women's tennis player in Romania.-Career:...
(born 1991), Romanian tennis player - Simona KochSimona KochSimona Koch is a retired diver from Germany, who competed for her native country at two Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996. She was affiliated with the Berliner Turn- und Sportclub in Berlin. Koch won two medals at the 1993 European Championships.-References:*...
(born 1968), German diver - Simona OrinskaSimona OrinskaSimona Orinska is the only butoh artist in Latvia and a multidisciplinary artist - contemporary dancer, poet, director and choreographer of many art projects...
, Latvian butoh artist - Simona VenturaSimona VenturaSimona Ventura is an Italian television presenter.-The Beginnings:Ventura started in TV on "Domani Sposi" with Giancarlo Magalli on Rai Uno....
(born 1965), Italian TV hostess - Simona Pavaloiu (born 1971), Romanian translator and English language teacher.
Simone
- Simone de BeauvoirSimone de BeauvoirSimone-Ernestine-Lucie-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, often shortened to Simone de Beauvoir , was a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, and social theorist. She wrote novels, essays, biographies, an autobiography in several volumes, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and...
(1908–1986), French author and philosopher - Simone BeckSimone BeckSimone "Simca" Beck was a French cookbook author and cooking teacher who, along with colleagues Julia Child and Louisette Bertholle, played a significant role in the introduction of French cooking technique and recipes into American kitchens.-Biography:Except for a few years spent learning...
(1904-1991), French cookbook author and cooking teacher - Simone Bittencourt de OliveiraSimone Bittencourt de OliveiraSimone Bittencourt de Oliveira, better known as Simone, is a Brazilian singer and a major performer of Música Popular Brasileira who has recorded more than 31 albums.-Biography:...
, Brazilian popular music (MPB) singer - Simone BolelliSimone BolelliSimone Bolelli is a professional Italian tennis player.- 2003 :In 2003, Bolelli reached his first ITF Futures tournament semifinal at Egypt F1, losing to 485th-ranked Jaroslav Pospíšil. He played entirely Futures events except for one Challenger tournament in Brindisi, losing to Galo Blanco in the...
(born 1985), Italian tennis player - Simone CercatoSimone CercatoSimone Cercato is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, alongside Emiliano Brembilla, Filippo Magnini, and Massimiliano Rosolino. He made his Olympic debut in 2000 .-References:*...
, Italian swimmer - Simone MelchiorSimone MelchiorSimone Melchior Cousteau was the wife and business partner of undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau. The first woman scuba diver, Simone was at Jacques's side during his major underwater accomplishments...
(1919–1990), wife and business partner of undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau - Simone DennySimone DennySimone Denny is a Canadian Pop/Dance/House/Techno vocalist, who was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario.-Personal background:Simone Denny was born in Toronto, Ontario. She is of Guyanese and Surinamese heritage...
, Canadian pop/dance vocalist - Simone EgeriisSimone (singer)Simone Egeriis is a Danish pop singer. She is famous in Denmark after winning the Danish TV talent show Scenen er din in the category Junior Singing. She has since released three studio albums - her debut was called Vindens Farver or Colours of the Wind, the song from Disney's Pocahontas, with...
, Danish singer - Simone ElkelesSimone ElkelesSimone Elkeles , is an American author known for the teen romance Perfect Chemistry Trilogy and How To Ruin Trilogy. She is a New York Times Bestselling young adult author. Simone has won the 2010 RITA Award for Best Young Adult Romance from the Romance Writers of America for her book Perfect...
(born 1970), American young-adult romance novelist - Simone FavaroSimone FavaroSimone Favaro is an Italian rugby union player. Favaro, who is a flanker, plays club rugby for Aironi as of June 2010. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 20 June 2009.-Biography:...
, Italian rugby union player - Simone Goldstone, a Canadian soccer player
- Simone Gomes JatobáSimone Gomes JatobáSimone Gomes Jatobá, or simply Simone is a Brazilian women's soccer player.-Career:She has played in the volante position for France's Olympique Lyonnais since 2005...
, Brazilian footballer - Simone Guimarães, Brazilian popular music (MPB) singer
- Simone InzaghiSimone InzaghiSimone Inzaghi is a retired Italian professional footballer who played as a striker.During his professional career, he played for a host of clubs, namely Lazio, where he remained for more than one decade, being used irregularly....
, Italian footballer - Simone Kennedy-DoornbosSimone Kennedy-DoornbosS.J. Kennedy-Doornbos is a Dutch politician of the ChristianUnion . She is also a tour operator and former translator.- Local political activities :...
(born 1970), Dutch politician - Simone KuhnSimone KuhnSimone Kuhn is a female professional beach volleyball player from Switzerland, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Partnering Nicole Schnyder-Benoit she claimed the gold medal at the 2004 European Championships in Timmendorfer Strand,...
(born 1980), Swiss beach volleyball player - Simone LoriaSimone LoriaSimone Loria is an Italian football defender currently played with Bologna.-Career:Loria is known for having scored a spectacular bicycle kick from the edge of the penalty area against Chievo while playing for Atalanta....
, Italian football (soccer) player - Simone MaludrottuSimone MaludrottuSimone Maludrottu is a professional boxer from Olbia, Sardinia, Italy. Maludrottu fights in the Bantamweight division and in the current European title holder.-Debut:...
, Italian boxer - Simone MartiniSimone MartiniSimone Martini was an Italian painter born in Siena.He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style....
, Italian painter - Simone MathesSimone MathesSimone Mathes is a retired female hammer thrower from Germany. She set her personal best on May 31, 2004 at a meet in Fränkisch-Crumbach. Mathes also competed in the discus throw and the shot put...
(born 1975), German hammer thrower - Simone de OliveiraSimone de OliveiraSimone de Oliveira, GCIH is a Portuguese singer and actress. Simone was born and raised in Lisbon. Her Portuguese father had black African roots in São Tomé and Príncipe , and her mother was Belgian. She started singing in high school...
, Portuguese singer and TV actress - Simone PerrottaSimone PerrottaSimone Perrotta, Ufficiale OMRI is an English-born Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma...
, Italian footballer - Simona RichterSimona RichterSimona Marcela Richter is a retired female judoka from Romania. She claimed a bronze medal in the Women's Light-Heavyweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, together with Italy's Emanuela Pierantozzi.-References:*...
(born 1972), Romanian judoka - Simona RinieriSimona RinieriSimona Rinieri Dennis is an Italian volleyball player.She has played for Italy in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, and with Italy she won the gold medal at the 2002 World Championship, held Germany. In 2006 she married Cuban-Italian volleyball player Ángel Dennis.-References:* *...
(born 1977), Italian volleyball player - Simone SignoretSimone SignoretSimone Signoret was a French cinema actress often hailed as one of France's greatest movie stars. She became the first French person to win an Academy Award, for her role in Room at the Top...
(1921–1985), Jewish-French actress - Simone SimonSimone SimonSimone Thérèse Fernande Simon was a French film actress who began her film career in 1931.-Early life:Born in Béthune, Pas-de-Calais France, she was the daughter of Henri Louis Firmin Champmoynat, a French engineer, airplane pilot in World War II, who died in a concentration camp, and Erma Maria...
(1910–2005), French film actress - Simone SimonsSimone SimonsSimone Johanna Maria Simons is a Dutch coloratura mezzo-soprano singer who is the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Epica.-Biography:...
(born 1985), Dutch mezzo-soprano singer - Simone ThustSimone ThustSimone Thust is a retired female race walker from Germany.-Achievements:-References:...
(born 1971), German race walker - Simone VagnozziSimone VagnozziSimone Vagnozzi is an Italian professional tennis player.-Runner-Up :-External links:...
(born 1983), Bolelli's Italian compatriot and tennis player - Simone WeilSimone WeilSimone Weil , was a French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist.-Biography:Weil was born in Paris to Alsatian agnostic Jewish parents who fled the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. She grew up in comfortable circumstances, and her father was a doctor. Her only sibling was...
(1909-1943), French philosopher and activist - Simone Kylstra (born 1997), 14 year old trumpet player
Simonne
- Simonne Evrard, wife of French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat
- Simonne Lizotte, Canadian politician
- Simonne Monet-ChartrandSimonne Monet-ChartrandSimonne Monet-Chartrand was a Canadian activist. Simonne was married to Michel Chartrand. She was heavily into women rights, and feminism. She was a social activist and a speaker...
, Canadian social activist
Ximena
- Ximena HuilipánXimena HuilipánXimena Huilipán is a Chilean model and actress of Mapuche descent.At 14 years of age, Huilipán won the Elite Model Look Chile 2002 contest. She was discovered by European fashion designer Oscar de la Renta for whom she modeled after having won the Elite Model Look Chile 2002...
, Chilean-Mapuche model and actress - Ximena SariñanaXimena SariñanaXimena Sariñana Rivera is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. Sariñana's musical career was launched in 2008 with the release of her first studio album Mediocre, an adult contemporary pop-rock/vocal jazz album that has been critically acclaimed and nominated for various awards, including two...
, (born 1985) Mexican singer - Ximena NavarreteXimena NavarreteJimena "Ximena" Navarrete Rosete is a Mexican model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2010. She was previously named as Nuestra Belleza México 2009.-Personal life:...
, (born 1988) Mexican model and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2010Miss Universe 2010Miss Universe 2010, the 59th edition of the pageant, was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010. It was hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales...
Fictional characters and pseudonyms
- Simone, the pet dog in the The Partridge FamilyThe Partridge FamilyThe Partridge Family is an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career. The series originally ran from September 25, 1970 until August 31, 1974, the last new episode airing on March 23, 1974, on the ABC network, as part of a Friday-night lineup...
TV series - Simone DeveauxSimone DeveauxSimone Deveaux is a fictional character in the TV series Heroes. She is portrayed by Tawny Cypress.-Genesis:When Simone Deveaux is introduced in the premiere episode, she is an art dealer living in New York City who is romantically involved with artist Isaac Mendez...
, a fictional character on the TV show Heroes (2006-2007) - Simone, a fictional character on the 2002 film S1m0neS1m0neS1m0ne is a 2002 science fiction comedy film written, produced and directed by Andrew Niccol. It stars Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Rachel Roberts, Evan Rachel Wood, Winona Ryder and Rebecca Romijn.-Plot:...
, played by Rachel Roberts - Simone Lenoir, a cartoon character from the 1998 film "Scooby-Doo on Zombie IslandScooby-Doo on Zombie IslandScooby-Doo on Zombie Island is a 1998 American animated comedy film based on the animated television series Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoon franchise...
", voiced by Adrienne Barbeau