Semyon

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Simon in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AR Argentina and 20 more, Семен in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan, Szymon in PL Poland and Simoen in FR France.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Semyon is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Turkish given name118 records spelled Semyon6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Russia

  Languages: Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani

  Also written Şemyon

• Armenian given name37 records spelled Semyon6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Armenia, Philippines

  Also written Semen, Semion, Siemion, Semjon, Սեմյոն

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Semyon is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Russian form of SIMON (actually from the form Simeon ). Pet form: Senya .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●

• Semyon Shchedrinb. 1745RUpainter from Russia (1745-1804)
• Semyon Nadsonb. 1862RURussian poet (1862–1887)
• Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonnyb. 1883RUSoviet marshal (1883-1973)
• Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenkob. 1895UASoviet military commander (1895-1970)
• Semyon Lavochkinb. 1900RUJewish Soviet aerospace engineer (1900-1960)
• Semyon Kurkotkinb. 1917RUMarshal of the Soviet Union (1917–1990)
• Semion Mogilevichb. 1946UAnot in their usual nameRussian fraudster
• Semyon Bychkovb. 1952USSoviet and American conductor
• Semyon Slepakovb. 1979RURussian comedian
• Semyon Treskunovb. 1999RURussian actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 19 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Semyon?

We estimate roughly 989 thousand people bear Semyon (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Semyon have the most bearers?

Semyon is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled семен.

Where is Semyon most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Semyon is densest in Poland — about 1 in 156 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Semyon compared with other names?

In Russia, Semyon is the 100th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Semyon a male or female name?

Semyon is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Semyon mean?

Recorded meaning: Transliteration of the Russian given name Семён, equivalent to Simon or Simeon.