Simone 3764547 224577687 2008-07-09T14:26:01Z 59.15.77.55 /* Given name */ {{Wiktionary}} {{TOCright}} '''Simone''' is a female given name derived from [[Simon]], Hebrew [[Simeon]]. It first appears in Iberia from the 10th century, as ''Jimena'', ''Ximena'', feminine eponym of [[Jimeno II of Pamplona|Jimeno (Simeon) II of Pamplona]], founder of the [[Jiménez dynasty]]. ''Simone'' itself is the French spelling. ''Simone'' is also the Italian spelling of the male given name, [[Simon]]; the Italian feminine form is ''Simona''. Modernly, it is a female name quite used in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], both in the South-American and in the European variants. == Given name == *Dona Jimena, mother of [[Bernardo del Carpio]] (8th century, legendary) *Jimena of Cea (10th century), wife of [[García IV of Pamplona]] (great-grandson of Jimeno II) *Jimena, daughter of [[Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona]] (11th century) *Jimena, daughter of [[Alfonso V of León]] (11th century) *[[Jimena Díaz]], wife of [[El Cid]] (11th century) *Jimena Munoz, mistress of [[Alfonso VI of Castile]] (11th century) * [[Simone de Beauvoir]] (January 9, 1908 - 1986), a French author and philosopher * [[Simone Bolelli]], an Italian tennis player * [[Simone Denny]], a Canadian pop/dance vocalist * [[Simone Cousteau]] (1919-1990), the wife and business partner of undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau * [[Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira]], a Brazilian singer * [[Simone Cercato]], an Italian swimmer * [[Simone (singer)|Simone Egeriis]], a Danish singer * [[Simone Inzaghi]], an Italian footballer * [[Simone Gomes Jatobá]], a Brazilian footballer * [[Simone Kuhn]] (b. 1980), Swiss beach volleyball player * [[Simone Loria]], an Italian football (soccer) player * [[Simone Maludrottu]], an Italian boxer * [[Simone Martini]], an Italian painter * [[Simone Perrotta]], an Italian footballer * [[Simona Rinieri]] (b. 1977), an Italian volleyball player * [[Simone Signoret]] (1921 - 1985), an Academy Award, Emmy, BAFTA, César and Cannes award-winning Jewish-French actress * [[Simone Simon]] (1910 - 2005), a French film actress * [[Simone Simons]] (b. 1985), a Dutch mezzo-soprano singer and lead vocalist of the symphonic metal band Epica * [[Simona Ventura]], an Italian TV hostess * [[Jimena Elías Roca]] (b. 1989), Miss Peru * [[Jimena (singer)|Jimena]], a Mexican singer from [[Mexico City]] * [[María Jimena Piccolo]] * [[Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira]], a Brazilian singer * [[Simone de Oliveira]], a Portuguese singer and TV actress == Surname == * [[Daniel Jimenez (Puerto Rican boxer)|Daniel Jimenez]] (Puerto Rican boxer) * [[Daniel Jimenez (Dominican boxer)|Daniel Jimenez]] (Dominican boxer) * [[Albert J. Simone]] * [[Andrew Simone]] * [[Afric Simone]] * [[Dominique Simone]] * [[Gail Simone]] * [[Hannah Simone]] * [[Mark Simone]] * [[Nina Simone]] ==Toponym== *[[Jimena de la Frontera]] *[[Jimena (Jaén)]], [[Jaén (province)]] ==Fictional characters and pseudonyms== * [[Simone]] [[the Partridge Family]]'s pet dog * [[Simone (porn star)]] * [[Simone Deveaux]], a fictional character on the TV show ''[[Heroes (TV Show)|Heroes]]'' (2006-2007) * [[Simone]], a fictional character on the 2002 film [[S1m0ne]], played by [[Rachel Roberts]] ==Other== * [[SIMONE]] ('SmallSat Intercept Missions to Objects Near Earth'), a space mission by [[QinetiQ]] and the [[Open University]] [http://pssri.open.ac.uk/missions/mis-sima.htm] * [[Tropical Storm Simone]] * [[Hurricane Jimena]] * ''[[S1m0ne]]'', film *[[JIMENA]] (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa), a San Francisco based organization. *[[1033 Simona]] asteroid. {{hndis}} [[Category:Surnames]] [[Category:Given names]] [[Category:English given names]] [[Category:French masculine given names]] [[Category:Italian given names]] [[de:Simone]] [[es:Jimena]] [[fr:Simone]] [[it:Jimena]] [[nl:Jimena]] [[pl:Szymona]] [[zh:西蒙尼]]