Jimena or Ximena is the female version of the given name

Jimeno Jimeno (also Gimeno, Ximeno, Chemene, Exemeno) is a given name derived from ''Ximen'',OMAECHEVARRIA, Ignacio, "Nombres propios y apellidos en el País Vasco y sus contornos". ''Homenaje a D. Julio de Urquijo'', volume II, pages 153-175. a variant of ...

, derived from the Basque ''

Semen Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is an organic bodily fluid created to contain spermatozoa. It is secreted by the gonads (sexual glands) and other sexual organs of male or hermaphroditic animals and can fertilize the female ovum. Semen i ...

''. It has come to be viewed as a form of the name Simone, though their origins are distinct. The French rendering of the name is Chimène. It may refer to:

Historical

*Jimena, legendary mother of

Bernardo del Carpio Bernardo del Carpio (also spelled Bernaldo del Carpio) is a legendary hero of the medieval Spain. Until the end of the nineteenth century and the labors of Ramón Menéndez Pidal, he, not El Cid, was considered to have been the chief hero of mediev ...

*Jimena of Cea, wife of king

García Sánchez II of Pamplona García Sánchez II (Basque: ''Gartzea II.a Santxez''; died c. 1000), was King of Pamplona and Count of Aragon from 994 until his death c. 1000. He was the eldest son of Sancho II of Pamplona and Urraca Fernández and the second Pamplonese monarc ...

(10th-/11th-century) *Jimena, daughter of

Ramon Berenguer III Ramon Berenguer III ''the Great'' was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1086 (jointly with Berenguer Ramon II and solely from 1097), Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and count of Provence in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1112, ...

(11th-century) *Jimena, daughter of

Alfonso V of León Alfonso V (c. 9947 August 1028), called the Noble, was King of León from 999 to 1028. Like other kings of León, he used the title emperor () to assert his standing among the Christian rulers of Spain. He succeeded his father, Bermudo II, in 99 ...

(11th-century) *

Jimena Díaz Doña Jimena Díaz (also spelled Ximena) (before July 1046–c.1116) was the wife of El Cid, whom she married between July 1074 and 12 May 1076, and her husband's successor as ruler of Valencia from 1099 to 1102. The spelling ''Jimena'' is a ...

, wife of El Cid (11th-century) *

Jimena Muñoz Jimena Muñoz or Muñiz (died 1128) was a noblewoman from the El Bierzo region of the medieval Kingdom of León, the mistress of king Alfonso VI of León and Castile during the late 1070s and early 1080s. By him she was mother of two countesses an ...

, mistress of

Alfonso VI of León and Castile Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...

(11th-century)

Modern

Jimena Antelo María Jimena Antelo Telchi (born 4 July 1972) is a Bolivian commercial engineer, journalist and television presenter. Early life and education Antelo was born on 4 July 1972 in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra. She began his school studies in 1978, g ...

(born 1972), Bolivian journalist and television presenter *

Jimena (singer) Jimena is a Mexican pop singer, TV host, and actress. In June 2001, Jimena was signed to Sony Records, Crescent Moon Records, record label co-owned by Emilio Estefan and Sony Music. Her first album was ''Jimena'', which included ten songs, sh ...

(born 1980), Mexican singer *

Jimena Canales Jimena Canales is a Mexican-American historian of science and author with a background in physics and engineering. Career Jimena Canales is the author of ''Simply Einstein'' (2021), ''Bedeviled: A Shadow History of Demons in Science'' (2020), ' ...

, a Mexican-American physicist and author * Jimena Elías Roca (born 1989), Miss Peru Universo 2007 * Jimena Florit (born 1972), Argentine mountain biker * María Jimena Piccolo (born 1985), Argentine TV actress *

Chimène Badi Chimène Badi (; born 30 October 1982 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne), also known by her mononym Chimène, is a French singer of Algerian descent. Early life Badi was born in Melun in the Paris suburbs to a family of Algerian origin. She spent her enti ...

(born 1982), French singer *

Ximena Bellido Ximena Aída Marío Bellido Ugarte (born 10 September 1966) is a retired Peruvian badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common ...

(born 1966), Peruvian badminton player *

Ximena Huilipán Ximena Huilipán Muñoz (born September 19, 1986) is a Chilean model and actress of Mapuche descent. Career At 14 years of age, Huilipán won the Elite Model Look Chile 2002 contest.

(born 1986), Chilean-Mapuche model and actress *

Ximena Londoño Ximena Londoño de la Pava (born 1958 in Cali, Colombia) is a Colombian botanist, specializing in agrostology. She has done extensive research on the bamboo genus '' Guadua'' in South America and Central America. Biography In 1979 she began pl ...

(born 1958), Colombian botanist *

Ximena McGlashan Ximena McGlashan (October 25, 1893 – June 24, 1986), later Ximena McGlashan Howard, was an American entomologist, and a "butterfly farmer" based in Truckee, California. Early life Ximena Myrtle McGlashan was born in Truckee, California, sixth o ...

(1893 – 1986), American entomologist *

Ximena Navarrete Jimena "Ximena" Navarrete Rosete (born February 22, 1988) is a Mexican actress, TV host, model and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 2010. She was previously named as Nuestra Belleza México 2009. She is the second Miss Universe from Mexico. ...

(born 1988), Mexican model, Miss Universe 2010 *

Ximena Sariñana Ximena Sariñana Rivera (; born October 29, 1985) is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. In 2009, she received critical acclaim and a Grammy nomination for her debut album, '' Mediocre''. Early life Ximena Sariñana was born in Guadalajar ...

(born 1985), Mexican singer and actress *

Ximena García Lecuona Ximena García Lecuona is a Mexican–American screenwriter and film producer. She is best known for writing the 2022 American coming-of-age romantic comedy film '' Anything's Possible''. Biography García Lecuona was born and raised in Mexico ...

, Mexican-American screenwriter

Others

JIMENA Jimena or Ximena is the female version of the given name Jimeno, derived from the Basque ''Semen''. It has come to be viewed as a form of the name Simone, though their origins are distinct. The French rendering of the name is Chimène. It may re ...

, Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa *

Jimena de la Frontera Jimena de la Frontera is a historic town and municipality located in the province of Cádiz, Spain. According to estimates made by the National Statistics Institute of Spain (INE), the municipality has a population of 6,707 inhabitants as of 202 ...

Jimena, Jaén Jimena is a city the Province of Jaén, Andalusia, Spain, with 1489 inhabitants according to the National Statistics Institute of Spain in 2007. Geography and heritage It is in the northwest area of Sierra Magina, which portion is mountainou ...

, Spain *

Hurricane Jimena (disambiguation) The name Jimena has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. * Tropical Storm Jimena (1979) – formed at a very low latitude, remained at sea * Hurricane Jimena (1985) — remained at sea * Hurricane Jimena (1991) — r ...

*Jimena, character in the Colombian soap opera

Pasión de Gavilanes ''Pasión de Gavilanes'' (international title: ''Hidden Passion'') is a Colombian telenovela written by Julio Jiménez. It is produced by RTI Colombia in conjunction with the Telemundo network and with the participation of Caracol TV company. Th ...

. *

Jiménez dynasty The Jiménez dynasty, alternatively called the Jimena, the Sancha, the Banu Sancho, the Abarca or the Banu Abarca,Alberto Cañada Juste, "¿Quién fue Sancho Abarca?, ''Príncipe de Viana'', 73: 79-132. was a medieval ruling family from the 9th c ...

, also called Jimena *Chimène, character in the Pierre Cornielle play, ''

Le Cid ''Le Cid'' is a five-act French tragicomedy written by Pierre Corneille, first performed in December 1636 at the Théâtre du Marais in Paris and published the same year. It is based on Guillén de Castro's play ''Las Mocedades del Cid''. Castro' ...

'', based on the historical Jimena Díaz *Chimène, character in the Massennet opera ''

Le Cid (opera) ''Le Cid'' is an opera in four acts and ten tableaux by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet, Édouard Blau and Adolphe d'Ennery. It is based on the play of the same name by Pierre Corneille. It was first performed by a star-stud ...

based on Cornielle's ''Le Cid'' *''

Chimène ''Chimène, ou Le Cid'' is a French-language opera by Antonio Sacchini. It takes the form of a ''tragédie en musique, tragédie (lyrique)'' in three acts, with a libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard. It was first staged at Fontainebleau on 16 N ...

'', a Sacchini opera inspired by Cornielle's ''Le Cid'' *

Rodrigue et Chimène ''Rodrigue et Chimène'' (English: ''Rodrigo and Ximena'') is an unfinished opera in three acts by Claude Debussy. The French libretto, by Catulle Mendès,Langham Smith, Richard. Rodrigue et Chimène. In: ''New Grove Dictionary of Opera''. Macm ...

, an unfinished Debussy opera based on El Cid and Jimena Díaz {{disambiguation, surname