Simon

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Thoughts? Not sure what I think of it. Is it dated?

It's a very meek sounding name, like Timothy. For that reason, I'm not keen.

My useless, waste of space ex who can barely be bothered with our son. On the other hand I also know a very nice 16 Yr old.
I definitely think he will be the only one in his class

Oh good god no!! It's not cool enough to be make a trendy reappearance and reminds me of middle aged man who work in insurance wearing a dull grey suit. Give it another 20 years then maybe, but not now.

Simple Simon. I was in school with a few and they all slotted in to the simple Simon thoughts. None of them turned out to be particularly nice people either so for me it’s an awful name

I'm married to a Paul and my ex-husband is a Charles. I quite like classic names like those so to me, Simon is in that league.

Not a fan

I know a 12 yr old simon and plenty of men in their 40’s. None in between.

The Simon's I know are boring and the nn Si, pronounced Sigh. That puts me off.

How about Silas?

@Carouselfish

It's a very meek sounding name, like Timothy. For that reason, I'm not keen.

I was about to say I know a Simon who is 7ish. His brother is called Timothy

There’s this bloke at my gym called Simon. Amazing shoulders. Looks a bit like Richard Gere if you squint a bit.
He is older than 40 though.
It’s a great name.

Polarising!

My little boy watches a programme called Simon. It's on Netflix. It's about a rabbit family, Simon's brother is called Gaspard. As soon as I saw your thread I immediately sang "here comes Simon! Here comes Simon...!" It's very catchy.

If you really like it you should go with it, as it isn't offensive and its classic.

But I have a bad initial reaction.. sorry it's just a bit boring in my opinion. Dont really like si either..

But think is just my reaction, the names I like everyone hates so you got to go with your gut Haha
Plus names grow on me when I meet a new baby or someone with that name :)

It's a lovely name and definitely not in the Alan/Keith/Colin category. I think it will make a comeback.

Simeon is a bit more interesting, and avoids the “Sigh” abbreviation.

The actor who plays Justin Elliott on The Archers is a Simon, but his friends and family call him Sam.

Simeon is too similar to Simian.

St John maybe instead?

pronounced 'Sinjeon'

I think Simon will be the only one in his class but his mates will be saying "oh that's my uncles name" "that's my dads name". Depends if they mind that or not. I don't like the nickname "Si". Sounds like you're exasperated.

I think Peter is really nice though and that's also very underused these days

Lovely name. Some of my very favourite people are Simons!

I’m so surprised at all the positive responses 🙈
I’m really not a fan, and can’t imagine a baby called Simon x

Dearest late DH was Simon (he was born 1978). Gorgeous name.

DP is a Paul, guess I like the classics!

Boring, and a bit "wet". Like Lindsey/Lindsay, in a thread the other day.

I quite like it. The youngest one I know must be about 8 or 9 now, so it's not completely dead.

Most Simons are aged about 42-52. With the Pauls, Marks, Alans.
It's not a bad name but like pp says, they often get called Si which is less nice imo