Simone

Spellings & scripts●

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 16 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◐

Simone is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.3M records spelled Simone59 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Germany, Italy

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Simoné, Simone', Si'Mone, Simône, Simonè

• French given name909K records spelled Simone11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Italy

  Languages: French, Arabic, Czech

  Also written Simonne, Simonné, Sîmonne, Simonnè

• Italian given name151K records spelled Simone17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Sìmone, Sïmone, 'Simone, Simonè, Sìmònè

• a separate given name26K records spelled Simone6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland

  Also written Simòne, Simonē, Simoné, Simône, Simonè

• Hindi given name7.9K records spelled Simone8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, India

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Simoné, Simóne, Simonè, Šimone, Sìmònè

• Polish given name7.9K records spelled Simone16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Italy, Croatia, United States

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Slovenian

  Also written Симоне, Šimone, Simóne, Simonè, Sìmònè

88 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●

Simone is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• French feminine form of Simon, now also quite commonly used in the English-speaking world. Variant: Sylvester.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Portuguese, a female given name from French, masculine equivalent Simão

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, a female given name, masculine equivalent Simon

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Forme féminine de Simon; origine hébraïque, « exaucée ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Féminin de Simon, hébreu « Dieu a entendu ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 118 years between 1908–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Simone Martinib. 1284ITItalian painter
• Simone de Beauvoirb. 1908FRFrench philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
• Simone Weilb. 1909FRFrench philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
• Simone Simonb. 1910FRFrench actress
• Michèle Morganb. 1920FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress (1920-2016)
• Simone Signoretb. 1921FRFrench actress (1921-1985)
• Simone Veilb. 1927FRFrench politician (1927–2017)
• Simone Inzaghib. 1976ITItalian association football player and manager
• Simone Pepeb. 1983ITItalian association football player
• Simone Ashleyb. 1995GBBritish actress

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 · 1,496 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Simone?

We estimate roughly 587 thousand people bear Simone (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Simone have the most bearers?

We estimate about 324 thousand people bear Simone in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled simone.

Where is Simone most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Simone is densest in France — about 1 in 308 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is Simone compared with other names?

In Brazil, Simone is the 78th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Simone a male or female name?

Simone is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Simone mean?

Recorded meaning: feminine form of Simon; from Hebrew, "he has heard"