Jiménez (surname)

Jiménez (Galician and Portuguese: Ximenes, Catalan: Ximenis or Eiximenis, Sicilian: Scimemi or Scimeni, Neapolitan:Chimenz) is a surname of Iberian origin, first appearing in the Basque lands. [2] Jiménez is a patronymic construction from the modern-styled given name Jimeno, plus the Spanish suffix -ez, meaning "son [of]". The root appears to stem from Basque semen ('son'), attested in the Aquitanian inscriptions as Sembeconnis and like forms. Variants of the surname include the archaic Ximénez, Ximenes, as well as Giménez, Gimenes, Jimenes, Chiménez, Chimenes, Seménez, Semenes, in Sicilian Scimemi or Scimeni and the Neapolitan Chimenz or Chimenez. In Spanish orthography, the variations of Jiménez that end with a z are written with an acute accent on the second syllable. In English, all variations are commonly written without the diacritic.

For other uses, see Jiménez (disambiguation).
"Ximenes" redirects here. For other uses, see Ximénez (disambiguation).
Jiménez
Language(s)Spanish
Origin
Word/nameSpanish
Region of originBasque Country, Spain
Other names
Variant form(s)Jimenes, Giménez, Gimenes, Ximénez, Ximenes, Ximenis, Eiximenis, Scimemi, Scimeni
Frequency Comparisons:[1]
See below for disambiguation of the names Jiménez and Ximenes

In Portuguese orthography, there is no diacritic used for Ximenes.

Spelling

As the modern name Ximenes has an -es suffix, it is almost certainly of Portuguese, Galician or Old Spanish origin, as the orthographic change to -ez (and indeed, the consonant shift from X to J) was revised in Spain only in the late 18th century. This obviously was not the case in Portugal.

Other languages in Castilian-dominated lands like Aragon, Asturias, Galicia, etc. often retained the -es ending, and their descendants bear witness to this historical anomaly. In Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearics, the ending -is is used instead of -es (or -ez), hence, the spelling Ximenis (or the variant with vowel epenthesis, Eiximinis or Eximenis).

Ximenes, as such, exists most commonly in Portugal, and in all of the ex-Portuguese Crown territories, especially in Brazil. Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Nobel Laureate from East Timor in 1996, and Brazilian actress, Mariana Ximenes, are prime examples of this historical difference.

Notable people
Giménez
Jimenes
Jiménez or Jimenez
Ximenes
Ximenes de Poissy
"Ximenes de Poissy" Coat of Arms: French dynasty of Portuguese origin
Illustration for the Ximenes of Poissy, France clan. Their descendants also reside in Brazil.
Motto (Latin): In Deo Æternum (Into God Eternally).
An alternate coat of arms is assigned to the Ximenes of Bear Ash/Place clan by the College of Arms, in the United Kingdom. The coat of arms is described as follows, "Ximenes of Bear Place. Or two bars gules with a pale countercoloured over all and a border azure."
Ximénez or Ximenez
  • Fortún Ximénez (unknown–1533), Spanish sailor and founder of first known European settlement in Baja California
  • José Ximénez (1601–1672), a Spanish organist and composer
Eiximenis

Pseudonyms

Fictional persons
  • José Jiménez (character), fictional character created by comedian Bill Dana
  • Colonel Jimenez, a corrupt officer in the San Theodoran military in the fictional work The Broken Ear, part of the Adventures of Tintin by Hergé
  • Marcelo Jimenez, head doctor at Beacon Mental Hospital in the 2014 survival horror game The Evil Within
  • Lori Jiménez, a child character from the anime series, Transformers: Cybertron

Ruling dynasty

The Jiménez dynasty in 905 became kings of Pamplona, eventually expanding control to most of Christian Spain.

References
  1. "Jiménez Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk.
  2. Domingo de la Ripa (1675). Defensa historica por la antigvedad del reyno de Sobrarbe. por los herederos de Pedro Lanaja y Lamarca. pp. 142–.
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