Given name & surname
Jimena
“one who is heard”
Jimena is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is heard.”
Original SpanishXimena
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who is heard.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Jimena is a feminine form of JIMENO.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jimena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17,042
- 8 boys · 17,034 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 830 babies
- 2025
- 515
- #578 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 515 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 578 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 15.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 830 in 2016. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (122). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,143 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jimena’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Jimena is a feminine form of JIMENO. In Spanish usage, Jimena has a conventional equivalent in the German form Simone. In French usage, Jimena has a related form in Ximena.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jimena has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Ximenavariant · Spanish, French
- Jimennalikely variant
- Jimmenalikely variant
- Jymynavariant
- Jymeenavariant
- Jimynavariant
- Jimeenavariant
- Jymenavariant
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Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jimena
- Jimena Díaznoblewoman. Peerage person ID=420468
- Jimena FernándezQueen consort of Pamplona
- Jimena BarónArgentine singer songwriter and actressborn 1987
- Jimena of AsturiasQueen consort of Asturias848–912
- Jimena QuirósSpanish scientist1899–1983
- Jimena SánchezQueen consort of León1018–1062
- Jimena Fernández de la VegaSpanish physician and genetician (1895-1984)
- Jimena LindoPeruvian actressborn 1976
- Jimena GonzálezDeputy in the Madrid Assembly and a Trans activistborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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