Jimena Explained

Jimena or Ximena is the Spanish female version of the given name Jimeno. The French rendering of the name is Chimène. It has come to be viewed as a form of the name Simone, though their origins are distinct. It may refer to:

Historical

• Jimena, legendary mother of Bernardo del Carpio
• Jimena of Cea, wife of king García Sánchez II of Pamplona (10th-/11th-century)
• Jimena, daughter of Ramon Berenguer III (11th-century)
• Jimena, daughter of Alfonso V of León (11th-century)
• Jimena Díaz, wife of El Cid (11th-century)
• Jimena Muñoz, mistress of Alfonso VI of León and Castile (11th-century)

Modern

• Jimena Antelo (born 1972), Bolivian journalist and television presenter
• Jimena Canales, Mexican-American physicist and author
• Jimena Elías Roca (born 1989), Miss Peru Universo 2007
• Jimena Fernandez-Morales, Mexican Softball Player
• Jimena Florit (born 1972), Argentine mountain biker
• Jimena Gallego (born 1980), also known as Jimena (singer), Mexican singer
• Ximena Bellido (born 1966), Peruvian badminton player
• Ximena García Lecuona, Mexican-American screenwriter
• Ximena Huilipán (born 1986), Chilean-Mapuche model and actress
• Ximena Londoño (born 1958), Colombian botanist
• Ximena McGlashan (1893–1986), American entomologist
• Ximena Navarrete (born 1988), Mexican model, Miss Universe 2010
• Ximena Sariñana (born 1985), Mexican singer and actress

Others

• JIMENA, Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa
• Jimena de la Frontera
• Jimena, Jaén, Spain
• Hurricane Jimena (disambiguation)
• Jimena, character in the Colombian soap opera Pasión de Gavilanes.
• Jiménez dynasty, also called Jimena
• Chimène, character in the Pierre Cornielle play, Le Cid, based on the historical Jimena Díaz
• Chimène, character in the Massennet opera Le Cid (opera) based on Cornielle's Le Cid
• Chimène, a Sacchini opera inspired by Cornielle's Le Cid
• Rodrigue et Chimène, an unfinished Debussy opera based on El Cid and Jimena Díaz