Jimenez

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Gimenez in AR Argentina, PY Paraguay, BR Brazil and 1 more and Jiménez in SV El Salvador, DO Dominican Republic.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Jimenez is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Catalan surname400K records spelled Jimenez4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Andorra

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Jiménez, Jímenez

• a separate surname187K records spelled Jimenez12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Jiménez, Jímenez, Jimenéz, Jimènez, Jíménez

• Danish surname5.3K records spelled Jimenez6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Denmark, Norway

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

  Also written Jiménez

• Croatian surname4.4K records spelled Jimenez20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Philippines, Argentina

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Jiménez, Jîménez, Хименез, Jïmënëž, Јименез

69 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Jimenez is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• patronymic from the medieval personal name Jimeno, which is of pre-Roman origin.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, Juan Ramon, Spanish poet (Nobel

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Filipino, a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Jiménez, widespread in Metro Manila, Bulacan and Cavite

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Juan Ramón Jiménezb. 1881ESSpanish poet (1881–1958)
• Jean Renob. 1948FRnot in their usual nameSpanish-French actor
• Manuel Jiménez Jiménezb. 1964ESSpanish footballer
• José Bordalásb. 1964ESnot in their usual nameSpanish football manager and former player
• Salma Hayekb. 1966MXnot in their usual nameMexican and American actress (born 1966)
• Angie Cepedab. 1974COnot in their usual nameColombian actress
• Carla Jimenezb. 1974USAmerican actress
• Cédric Jiménezb. 1976FRFilm producer and director
• David Silvab. 1986ESnot in their usual nameSpanish association football player
• Raúl Jiménezb. 1991MXMexican association football player (born 1991)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 192 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jimenez?

We estimate roughly 1.1 million people bear Jimenez (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Jimenez have the most bearers?

Jimenez is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled jimenez.

Where is Jimenez most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jimenez is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 36 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.

How common is Jimenez compared with other names?

In Mexico, Jimenez is the 18th most common surname of 198,716 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Jimenez mean?

Recorded meaning: from Spanish Jimenez, literally ‘son of Jimeno’, a medieval Spanish male personal name, perhaps related to Simon.