Ximena

Ximena is the traditional Spanish feminine form of Jimena, itself the medieval Iberian rendering of the Germanic name Semena orXimeno, ultimately derived from a Basque or possibly Visigothic root whose precise meaning remains debated, though it is often associated with a word meaning son. The name gained enduring fame through Jimena Díaz, the historical wife of the eleventh-century Castilian hero Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, known as El Cid, whose story was celebrated in medieval epic poetry. Ximena enjoyed a strong revival across the Spanish-speaking world in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and remains widely used in Latin America. Closely related forms include Jimena, Semeno, and the masculine Ximeno.