Ximena
Fewer than thirty women in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one in person. It came to Poland by way of Spanish, from a Hebrew root meaning "one who hears".
Ximena Pronunciation
What Ximena means
Where Ximena comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ximena carries a Hebrew root under a Spanish surface. The name traces back to Shimon, from the verb shama, to hear. So the short meaning stays close to the source: listener, one who hears. Few Spanish names keep their old sense this cleanly.
The most famous bearer is Jimena Díaz, wife of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, in eleventh-century Castile. Spelled Ximena in the old records and Jimena in modern ones, she outlived her husband and held Valencia. Corneille later built his play Le Cid around a figure drawn from her. A real woman became a stage heroine.
In Poland the name is new. A child called Ximena in a school register stands out among the Zuzannas and Julias. The X looks foreign to Polish eyes, and it is. The meaning underneath reads plainly: ta, która słucha.
How many people are named Ximena
1 in 867071 women in Poland is named Ximena. 26 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8425 among female names.
Ximena as a middle name
Ximena is a first name for 26 women in Poland and a middle name for another 27, a 49/51 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1393rd, between Vesna (27) and Adeola (26).
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#1391 Valentyna27
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#1392 Vesna27
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#1393 Ximena27
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#1394 Adeola26
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#1395 Aimee26