What does the name Szymon mean?

Szymon means “snub-nosed” and is of Hebrew / Greek origin. The meaning comes from Simon, a related spelling.

How popular is the name Szymon?

423 US babies were named Szymon between 1940 and 2025. The name peaked in 2007.

What careers are people named Szymon over-represented in?

Among notable men who are basketball players, Szymons show up 1.5× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is. This is a pattern among people who already have the name, not a prediction.

Name meaning & stats

Szymon

Q: How common is the spelling Szymon?

1 in 164 Simons spell it Szymon.

Szymon means “snub-nosed” (Hebrew / Greek origin). 423 US babies since 1940, peak 2007. Notable Szymons are 1.5× over-represented as basketball players.

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What it means

“snub-nosed”

Hebrew / GreekSpelling of Simon

A blend of two unrelated names.

Simon around the world

Саймон / Симон / Шимон · Russian
Саймон · Ukrainian
Σάιμον · Greek
سيمون · Arabic
סימון · Hebrew
シモン · Japanese
西蒙 · Chinese
사이먼 · Korean
Simón · Spanish
Šimon · Czech

Famous Simons

Simon Pegg · English actor (born 1970)
Simon van der Meer · Dutch physicist (1925–2011)
Simon Kuznets · Russian-born American economist and statistician (1901–1985)
Simon Mignolet · Belgian association football player (born 1988)

Simon’s name day

October 28 · Norway, France, Sweden
May 10 · Greece, Cyprus

In US birth records

Peak year: 2007

423 US babies were named Szymon between 1940 and 2025.

Szymon around the world

Ireland: 622 babies since 1964, peak 2009, No. 787 in 2025
Sweden: 68 babies since 1998, peak 2021, No. 1,006 in 2022
Belgium: 162 babies since 1995, peak 2010, No. 1,288 in 2025
England & Wales: 2,232 babies since 1996, peak 2010, No. 1,796 in 2025
Norway: 536 babies since 1945, peak 2007
Scotland: 214 babies since 1974, peak 2016
France: 110 babies since 1900, peak 2019
Northern Ireland: 73 babies since 1997, peak 2010

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Szymons end up

Career	vs expected	Confidence
Footballer	1.0×	Medium · 18 people
Actor	1.3×	Medium · 12 people
Politician	0.7×	Medium · 11 people
Basketball player	1.5×	Medium · 11 people

Among notable men who are basketball players, Szymons show up 1.5× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

One more thing…

Szymons are 2.1× more likely than expected to be track athletes.

The surprise career: Low confidence · 9 notable people.

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Other spellings

1 in 164 Simons spell it Szymon

Simon 86%
Simeon 12%
Symon 1%
Szymon 1%
Symeon <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2007)