Simon Britton

Simon Britton - Origins of the name parts

Simon

The name Simon derives from the Hebrew "shim'on" meaning "heard," "harkening" or "listening" and from there, it evolved into the Greek "Simon" or "Seimon" and, later, the Latin "Simon". In the Bible, Simon the Apostle was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, and from there, the name means "God has heard".
Gaelic forms of the name Simon are "Sim," "Siomon," "Siomonn" and "Siomun.", and one of the Spanish varients is "Ximenes". It is also an anglicized form of the Irish "Suibhne" meaning "well going" or "pleasant".

Britton

In the UK, it is estimated that over 8600 people share the surname Britton (0.02% of the population). After the UK, America, Austalia and Canada have the highest occurences.
The most common theory behind the origin of the Britton name is that it represents those who came to the UK from Brittany, France - "Bretons", between the 6th and 10th centuries.
Google has 7,050 results for the search term "Simon Britton" while Bing(live.com) returns 3,210,000 (July, 2009).

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