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, mistress of Alfonso VI of León and Castile (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 Jimena Florit (born May 18, 1972 in Olivos, Vicente López) is a female cyclist from Argentina, specializing in competitive mountain biking. Florit twice represented her native South American country at the Summer Olympics (2000 and 2004), ...

(born 1972), Argentine mountain biker *

María Jimena Piccolo María Jimena Piccolo (born July 22, 1985), better known as Jimena Piccolo is an Argentine actress, singer and radio host. Biography María Jimena Piccolo was born on July 22, 1985 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Career María Jimena Piccolo bega ...

(born 1985), Argentine TV actress * Chimène Badi (born 1982), French singer * Ximena Bellido (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 (born 1988), Mexican model, Miss Universe 2010 * Ximena Sariñana (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. * Jiménez dynasty, 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) 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