Ximena

Ximena is the medieval Spanish feminine form of Jimeno, a name of uncertain but likely pre-Roman Iberian origin, possibly connected to a root meaning son or related to the Basque name Ximun, itself a form of Simon. The name is best known through Ximena Díaz, the wife of the legendary Castilian hero Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, celebrated in the eleventh-century epic El Cantar de Mío Cid. It remained closely tied to medieval Iberian culture and has enjoyed renewed popularity across the Spanish-speaking world in modern times. The variant Jimena represents the standard modern Spanish spelling of the same name.