Ximena

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 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◐

Ximena is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name63K records spelled Ximena11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Ecuador, United States, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Xïmena

• Spanish given name705 records spelled Ximena31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Spain, Mexico, Chile

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Russian

  Also written Jimena, Gimena, Jiména, Jímena, Химена

• Croatian given name348 records spelled Ximena11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Peru, Ecuador

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Himena, Химена

49 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●

Ximena 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.

• In Spanish, a female given name from Old Spanish

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

• In Spanish, Grafía arcaica de Jimena; francés Chimène.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In English, Spanish form of Simon; "he heard"

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

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●

CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 101 years between 1920–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Beatriz Allendeb. 1942CLnot in their usual nameChilean politician, revolutionary and surgeon (1942-1977)
• Ximena Restrepob. 1969COColombian sprinter
• Morgana Vargas Llosab. 1974ESnot in their usual namePeruvian-Spanish photographer
• Ximena Rubiob. 1978MXMexican actress
• Ximena Herrerab. 1979BOBolivian actress
• Ximena Ayalab. 1980MXMexican actress
• Ximena Sarinanab. 1985MXMexican singer-songwriter and actress
• Ximena Duqueb. 1985COColombian actress and model
• Ximena Navarreteb. 1988MXMexican model and actress
• Jimena MuñozESnot in their usual nameMistress of king Alfonso VI of León and Castile

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 · 580 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ximena?

We estimate roughly 42 thousand people bear Ximena (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Ximena have the most bearers?

Ximena is most frequently recorded in Chile, where it is most often spelled ximena.

How common is Ximena compared with other names?

In Chile, Ximena is the 89th most common given name of 68,927 given names recorded there.

Is Ximena a male or female name?

Ximena is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ximena mean?

Recorded meaning: Spanish form of Jimena; meaning uncertain, possibly from Hebrew.