Probably biblical. Remember the fisherman, Simon Peter? Also, Mr. Hearst's castle in San Simeon (Saint Simon), California, Mexican or Spanish. Pat >Dieter Taube wrote: >patricia cleveland wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I have a family member with the first name of Simon. I have never seen >> this name used with a German surname. Could he be Jewish-German since >> Simon is a common name in Hebrew? >> >Dont't believe. Simon also was an common German name, not specially >jewish. Remember Georg Simon Ohm from physics at school. > >Dieter > >______________________________