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Also Guernésiais: http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/590676737.pdf
It is not that in Latin America you say yes by saying Simon. This comment comes from people without education and/or Spanish speaking proficiency. Simon Bolivar was the leader of Latin America independence and is a name given in different Spanish speaking countries.
Also Judeo-Anglo-Norman: http://heraldry.sca.org/names/jewish.html
Also Ladin: https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Caratsch
Also Romansh.
Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars
https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Caratsch
https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=144
http://www.annalas.ch/persunas/display/q:Simon
Also Gascon, Provençal and Languedocian: https://ieo-oc.org/spip.php?page=article&id_article=290 --- Source: Institut d'Estudis Occitans
Also Estonian: https://www.stat.ee/public/apps/nimed/
In 2018, 7 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Simon who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 974th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.
Aramaic forms include Shimun (shee-moon), Shemun (sheh-moon), and Shemon (sheh-mohn). In indigenous Christian communities of Iraq, Iran, and Syria, this was a common name, born by many priests, elders, over-seers, and monks.
This name is also commonly used in Georgia.In Georgian, Simon is written as: სიმონ.
This name is also frequently used in The Netherlands, where the pronunciation is SEE-mawn. Clearly, the pronunciation is only slightly different from that of the Germans, who clearly use a Z-sound whereas the Dutch have an S-sound. [noted -ed]

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