Simone

Simone is a female given name derived from Simon, Hebrew Simeon, meaning "one who hears". It first appears in Iberia from the 10th century, as "Jimena", "Ximena", feminine eponym of 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, 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 Egeriis, a Danish singer
* Simone Inzaghi, an Italian footballer
* Simone Goldstone, a Canadian soccer player
* Simone Gomes Jatobá, a Brazilian footballer
* Simona Koch (b. 1968), a German diver
* 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 Richter (b. 1972), a Romanian judoka
* 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, 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 (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" (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.