Simone (given name)

Simone

Name day	October 28
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	"God had heard"
Other names
Alternative spelling	Simonne
Variant form(s)	Simona (Cyrillic: Симона)
Related names	Ximena, Jimena

Simone is a female/male given name derived from Simon, Hebrew Simeon, meaning "one who hears". Simone is the French spelling; it is sometimes spelled Simonne.

Simone is also the Italian spelling of the male given name, Simon; the Italian feminine form is Simona.

At present, it is common in Portuguese.

The feminine form Simona (Cyrillic: Симона) is popular in Bulgaria, Italy, Macedonia and other Balkan and Slavic countries.

People

Simona

• Simona de Silvestro (born 1988), Swiss race car driver
• Simona Halep (born 1991), Romanian tennis player
• Simona Koch (born 1968), German diver
• Simona Orinska (born 1978), Latvian butoh artist
• Simona Ventura (born 1965), Italian TV hostess
• Simona Amanar (born 1979), Romanian Gymnast
• Simona Richter (born 1972), Romanian judoka
• Simona Rinieri (born 1977), Italian volleyball player

Simone

• Simone, Egyptian singer
• Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), French author and philosopher
• Simone Beck (1904–1991), French cookbook author and cooking teacher
• Simone Bendix (born 1967), Danish actress
• Simone Biles (born 1997), American gymnast
• Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Brazilian popular music (MPB) singer
• Simone Bolelli (born 1985), Italian tennis player
• Simone Mary Bouchard (1912–1945), Canadian painter and textile artist
• Simone Cercato, Italian swimmer
• Simone D'Aillencourt (born 1930), French model
• Simone Egeriis, Danish singer
• Simone Elkeles (born 1970), American young-adult romance novelist
• Simone Favaro, Italian rugby union player
• Simone Giertz, Swedish TV host
• Simone Gomes Jatobá, Brazilian footballer
• Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
• Simone Kaho (born 1978), New Zealand poet
• Simone Kennedy-Doornbos (born 1970), Dutch politician
• Simone Kuhn (born 1980), Swiss beach volleyball player
• Simone Laudehr (born 1986), German footballer
• Simone Loria, Italian football (soccer) player
• Simone Maludrottu, Italian boxer
• Simone Manuel, American swimmer
• Simone Martini, Italian painter
• Simone Mathes (born 1975), German hammer thrower
• Simone Melchior (1919–1990), wife and business partner of undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau
• Simone Niggli-Luder (born 1978), Swiss Orienteering World Champion and three time Swiss Sportswoman of the Year
• Simone de Oliveira, Portuguese singer and TV actress
• Simone Perrotta, Italian footballer
• Simone Signoret (1921–1985), Jewish-French actress
• Simone Simon (1910–2005), French film actress
• Simone Simons (born 1985), Dutch mezzo-soprano singer
• Simone Thust (born 1971), German race walker
• Simone Vagnozzi (born 1983), Bolelli's Italian compatriot and tennis player
• Simone Verdi, Italian footballer
• Simone Vergassola, Italian footballer
• Simone Warzel (born 1973), German mathematical physicist
• Simone Weil (1909–1943), French philosopher and activist

Simonne

• Simonne Lizotte, Canadian politician
• Simonne Monet-Chartrand, Canadian social activist

Fictional characters and pseudonyms

• Simone, the pet dog in The Partridge Family TV series
• Simone Deveaux, fictional character on the TV show Heroes (2006–2007)
• Simone, a fictional character on the 2002 film S1m0ne, played by Rachel Roberts
• Simone Lenoir, a cartoon character from the 1998 film Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, voiced by Adrienne Barbeau
• Simone Adamley, a student from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, portrayed by Kristy Swanson
• Simone, Shane Botwin's school friend from Weeds, portrayed by Jillian Rose Reed (2008–2009)

See also

• Jimena