Baby name
RISING
🇦🇷 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 Jimena
/hee · MEH · nah/
Meaning
“Son (Basque origin) or one who hears (Hebrew disputed)”
Spanish feminine name derived from Old Spanish Ximen, from the Basque personal name Semen from seme meaning 'son'. Some scholars also link it to Hebrew Shimon ('one who hears') or Germanic Sigimund ('victory-protection'). Historically associated with Jimena Díaz, wife of El Cid.
Nicknames
jime
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Medieval Spanish with real nobility - surging across Latin America as a vintage revival.
The cultural moment.
Rising in Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia since the 2010s; top 50 in several Latin American countries.