Jimena or Ximena is the female version of the given name Jimeno, derived from the Basque ''

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''. 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 medi ...

*Jimena of Cea, wife of king García Sánchez II of Pamplona (10th-/11th-century) *Jimena, daughter of Ramon Berenguer III (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, 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 a ...

, 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 peninsul ...

(11th-century)

Modern

* Jimena Antelo (born 1972), Bolivian journalist and television presenter * Jimena (singer) (born 1980), Mexican singer * Jimena Canales, 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 people, Peruvian badminton player. Ximena Bellido was one of the dominant players in her home country and on the South American continent in the 1980s and 1990s. Bel ...

(born 1966), Peruvian badminton player * Ximena Huilipán (born 1986), Chilean-Mapuche model and actress * Ximena Londoño (born 1958), Colombian botanist * Ximena McGlashan (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, Mexican-American screenwriter

Others

* JIMENA, Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa * Jimena de la Frontera *

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) — ...

*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'', a Sacchini opera inspired by Cornielle's ''Le Cid'' * Rodrigue et Chimène, an unfinished Debussy opera based on El Cid and Jimena Díaz {{disambiguation, surname