Jimena

Jimena is a Spanish feminine name, the medieval Iberian form of Ximena, itself the Old Spanish rendering of a name ultimately derived from the Germanic element sigu meaning victory combined with mund meaning protection. The name is best known through Jimena Díaz, the wife of the legendary Castilian hero El Cid, which cemented its place in Spanish literary and historical tradition. Modern forms and cognates include Ximena, which has seen widespread revival across Latin America, and the name traces its deeper roots to the same Germanic stock as Sigmund.