Origin and popularity of the name SIMONS

Origin

Simons : 1: English: variant of Simon with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.2: North German Dutch Flemish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Simon. This surname is also found in France (Nord Alsace and Lorraine). In North America it has also absorbed various European cognates and their derivatives e.g. Slovenian Simončič and Simonič Slovak Šimončič and Šimonič (see Simoncic and Simonic). Compare Simonds.

Bennis : 1: Dutch: patronymic from the personal name Benne a shortened form of Bernhard formed with the possessive -s (‘Benne's son’).2: Dutch: name for a member of the Baptist religious sect known in the Netherlands as benists from men(n)ist the name for a follower of the priest Menno Simons (approx 1496–1561).3: English (London) and Irish (Limerick and Clare): variant of Benns.

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