Jiména
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jiména is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. In Bolivia it is the 14th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Inherited from Old Spanish Ximen, from the Basque personal name Semen, from seme (“son”).
- BOBolivia≈1 in 710(inferred from the name graph)
- CRCosta Rica1 in 1.2K
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 1.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jiména itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Spain (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 275 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 713 (inferred from the name graph)
25,958 people
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Bolivia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Jimena in AR Argentina, MX Mexico, ES Spain and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- Old SpanishXimen(measured from records)
- Old Spanish rootseme“son”(measured from records)
Inherited from Old Spanish Ximen, from the Basque personal name Semen, from seme (“son”).
Cited for this meaning 1
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Jiména counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | #557 | 25,958 | 1 in 1.9K | 26K | Jimena | 148 |
| US United States | — | 24,081as Ximena | 1 in 14K | 24K | Jimena | 275 |
| AR Argentina | #328 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | 132 | Jimena | 137 |
| BO Bolivia | #14 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 713 | — | Jimena | 48 |
| MX Mexico | #628 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.7K | 28 | Jimena | 187 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 14,752as Ximena | 1 in 1.1K | 15K | Jimena | 39 |
| GT Guatemala | #90 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Jimena | 32 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 4,427 | 1 in 1.2K | 4.4K | — | 61 |
| UY Uruguay | #129 | 2,502as Gimena | 1 in 1.4K | 2.5K | Jimena | 63 |
25,958 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC — civil registry names; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jiména mean, and where does it come from?
- Inherited from Old Spanish Ximen, from the Basque personal name Semen, from seme (“son”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- Is Jiména a male or female name?
- Jiména is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- Which countries have the most people named Jiména?
- In Spain, the national register counted about 26 thousand people named Jiména, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jimena. After it come United States, Argentina, Bolivia and Mexico; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Jiména?
- In Spain, the national register counted 25,958 people named Jiména, about 1 in 1.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Jiména compared with other names?
- In Spain, Jiména is the 557th most common given name of 135,644 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Jiména?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jim%C3%A9naThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jiména” — the 557th most common given name in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.