Cymone
Feminine · Hebrew roots · “heard”
Cymone is Simone written with the Cy- of cycle and cymbal, words that Greek spelled with a k and said with one. Later Latin and French softened that k to an s long before English borrowed the words, which is why Cymone reads as Simone at all.
How old is the name Cymone?
Cymone first appears in US birth records in 1986 — 39 years ago. The typical Cymone alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 500 people named Cymone are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cymone most popular?
Cymone peaked in 1990, reaching #3078 nationally. See the whole 1990 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Shimon (Hebrew) to Cymone
The story of Cymone
Simone came into English use from French as the feminine of Simon, bringing the Hebrew Shimon, heard, along with it. Cymone keeps every sound of Simone and changes only how the first syllable looks. That Cy- belongs to English words that came from Greek through Latin: cycle from kyklos, cymbal from kymbalon, cypress from kyparissos. Greek said them all with a k, and later Latin and French softened the k to an s before English took them in, so a C before y now reads as s. Cymone depends on that old softening to be read as Simone.
Meaningscholars disagree
heard, through Simone and the Hebrew Shimon
Cymone reads as a spelling of Simone, the French feminine of Simon. Simon in the New Testament stands for the Hebrew Shimon, from a verb meaning to hear, but Simon was also an ordinary Greek name linked to simos, snub-nosed, and the two met in one spelling. The Cy- adds no meaning and has no history of its own.
How the name formed
- ShimonHebrew
- Simon
- SimoneFrench
- Cymone
Related forms: Simone · Simona
Pronouncing Cymone
sih-MOHN
Said as Simone. A cold reader may try SY-mohn, since Cy- often says sy, as in cycle; one hearing settles it.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1986
- Most girls named
- 199036 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3078reached in 1990
- Change vs 2023
- −16.7%5 in 2024, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Cymone in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Simone in French — spelling variant
- Simona in Italian — related form
Cymones among us
people named Cymone are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Cymone sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds exactly like Simone, a name with a long record in French and English.
- The spelling is distinctive without changing the sound.
- Every letter follows an English spelling rule, so it can be read correctly without help.
- It will be written Simone by nearly everyone who hears it first.
- The first syllable can be read sy, as in cycle, so expect SY-mohn from strangers until the family's saying is known.
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- How many Cymones are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Cymone are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cymone in 2025?
- Cymone is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Cymone will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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