Jimena

Where Jimena comes from

Jimena hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1899
    Jimena Quirós born
    Spanish scientist
  2. 1966
    First appearance
    #6,564 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1987
    Jimena Barón born
    Argentine singer songwriter and actress
  4. 2005
    Peak, #387
    811 babies named Jimena — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Jimena Díaz · noblewoman. Peerage person ID=420468, died 1116
  • Jimena Barón · Argentine singer songwriter and actress, born 1987
  • Jimena Quirós · Spanish scientist, 1899–1983
  • Jimena Sánchez · Queen consort of León, 1018–1062
  • Jimena Lindo · Peruvian actress, born 1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.