Jimena - Meaning of Jimena

What does Jimena mean?

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Jimena

[ 3 syll. ji-me-na, jim-ena ] The baby girl name Jimena is pronounced as HHiy-M-EYN-aa- †. Jimena is of Hebrew origin and it is predominantly used in the Spanish language. Jimena is a variant form of the English, French, and German Simone.

See also the related categories, hebrew and spanish.

Jimena is a fairly popular baby name for girls. The name has been growing in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of only very light use. Its usage peaked modestly in 2016 with 0.043% of baby girls being given the name Jimena. Its ranking then was #399. In 2018, it ranked at #446 with a usage of 0.039%, and it was the most popular among all girl names in its group. Jimena was more commonly used than the next ranked name, Simone, by 87% in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Jimena include Ximena (Spanish), Chanana (Hebrew), Chanina (Hebrew), Chenia (Hebrew), Hahana, Haimi (Indian), Haimy, Hamonee, Hamoney, Hamoni, Hamonie, Hamony, Hanae (Japanese), Hanana (Hebrew), Hanayo (Japanese), Hanina (Hebrew), Hanini (Hawaiian), Haniyya (Arabic), Hanuna, and Haumea (Hawaiian).

† English pronunciation for Jimena: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"