| The girl name Ximena [ syll. xi-me-na, xim-ena ] is pronounced KSMIY-ah KEY. Ximena's language of origin is Hebrew and it is used mainly in the Spanish language. Ximena is a variant of Simone (English, French, and German). Ximena is fairly popular as a baby name for girls, and it is also viewed as trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 2000s; before that, it was of only irregular use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2005, 0.044% of baby girls were given the name Ximena. Its ranking then was #355. In 2007, it ranked at #372 with a usage of 0.042%, and it was the most popular out of all girl names in its group. Ximena was more commonly used than the subsequent ranked name, Simone (English, French, and German), by 51% in 2007. Baby names that sound like Ximena include Cami (English), Connie (English and German), Conny (German), Cosma (German and Italian), Keanna (English), Kenya (English), Kimi (Japanese), Quanna (English), Caoimhe (Irish and Scottish), Con (English), Cosima (German and Italian), Kenia (English), Kiana (Hawaii), Kianna (Hawaii), Kim (English), and Kine (Scandinavian). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Ximena: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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