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Girl · Medieval Spanish (origin disputed)
Ximena
Say it: hee-MEH-nah
Meaning
A medieval Spanish name of uncertain origin, possibly a feminine of Ximeno (perhaps a form of Simeon) or of Basque origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Revived in Mexico in the late 20th century and among its top names in the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 30,374 babies given this name since 1966
- At its height in 2016, about 1 in 660 girls
- 2,018 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jimena
Famous bearers
- Jimena Díaz, wife of El Cid
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Where this comes from
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.