Jiménez (surname)

For other uses, see Jiménez (disambiguation).

"Ximenes" redirects here. For other uses, see Ximénez (disambiguation).

Jiménez
Family name
Statue by Ettore Ximenes
Region of origin	Basque, Spain
Language(s) of origin	Spanish
Related names	Jimeno, Ximénez

See below for disambiguation of the names Jiménez and Ximenes

Jiménez [archaic Ximénez/Ximenes] is a surname of Iberian origin, first appearing in the Basque lands. 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 seme ('son'), attested in the Aquitanian inscriptions as Sembeconnis and like forms. Variants of the surname include the archaic Ximénez, Jimenes, Ximenes, Giménez, Gimenes, as well as Chimeno, and Semenes.

In Spanish orthography, when the stress of a word falls on the penultimate syllable and the word ends with an "N", "S" or a vowel, the word need not carry a diacritic on the vowel of the stressed syllable (in this case é). In English orthography, all variations are commonly written without the diacritic -- Jimenez, Ximenez, Gimenez, Jimenes, Ximenes, and Gimenes.

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

Portuguese Descent

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 Catalonia, Galicia, Aragon, etc. often retained the -es ending, and their descendants bear witness to this historical anomaly.

The name Ximenes itself is thought to derive as both surname and place name from the common Iberian territory of Galicia, since Lusophone linguists believe the Galician language is the forebear of both Modern Portuguese and Modern Spanish.

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

Jimenes

• Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra (1847–1919), President of the Dominican Republic

Jiménez or Jimenez

• Alex Jimenez (1982–), United States Army soldier missing in action in Iraq and iran
• Carmita Jiménez (1944–2003), Puerto Rican singer
• Christian Jimenez (1986–), American soccer player
• Elvio Jiménez (1940–), Major League Baseball player
• Eustacio Jiménez (1976-2010), a Mexican professional wrestler better known as El Hijo de Cien Caras
• Flaco Jiménez (1939–), Mexican-American musician
• Francisco Jiménez (1979-), colonial Nahua noble from Tecamachalco
• Iker Jiménez (1973–), Spanish journalist
• Jesús Jiménez Zamora, President of Costa Rica (1863–1866 and 1868–1870)
• Jose Jimenez (baseball) (1973–), Major League Baseball player
• José Alfredo Jiménez (1926–1973), Mexican singer-songwriter
• Joyce Jimenez (1978–), Filipino-American actress
• Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881–1958), Spanish poet, Nobel Laureate
• Julio Jimenez (writer), Colombian writer
• Julio Jiménez (b. 1934), Spanish cyclist
• Julio Jiménez Rueda (1896–1960), Mexican lawyer, writer, playwright and diplomat
• Luis Antonio Jiménez (1984–), Chilean soccer player
• Manny Jiménez (1938–), Major League Baseball player
• Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914–2001), President of Venezuela 1952–1958
• Michele Jimenez, ballet dancer
• Miguel Ángel Jiménez (1964–), top Spanish professional golfer
• Óscar Jiménez, Salvadoran footballer
• Phil Jimenez (contemporary), American comic book writer
• Ramón Jiménez Gaona (1969–), Paraguayan discus thrower
• Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno, son of Jesús Jiménez Zamora; President of Costa Rica (1910–1914, 1924–1928 and 1932–1936)
• Roberto Jiménez (1983–), Peruvian soccer professional
• Sérgio Jimenez (1984–), Brazilian racing driver
• Tony Jimenez, Spanish International businessman and property developer

Ximenes

• Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo (1948–), Roman Catholic Bishop of East Timor, Nobel Laureate
• Claudio de Jesus Ximenes (contemporary), Supreme Court Chief Justice of East Timor
• General Sir David Ximenes (d. 1848), KCH, Berkshire magistrate, owner of stately home Bear Ash, youngest brother of Morris Ximenes
• Didacus Ximenes (d. 1560), Spanish monk, theologian, rector of the University of Salamanca
• Ettore Ximenes (1855–1926), Italian sculptor
• Francisco Ximenes de Cisneros (1436–1517), Spanish Cardinal, inquisitor and statesman (called in his lifetime "Ximenes de Cisneros")
• João Ximenes Braga (contemporary), Brazilian journalist and soap opera writer
• Julio Ximenes Senior (1901–1975), Brazilian scientist, author, and World War II Army general
• Leonardo Ximenes (1716–1786), Italian mathematician, engineer, astronomer and geographer
• Mariana Ximenes (1981–), Brazilian actress
• Michel Ximenes (1939–), French politician, lawyer
• Moäng Ratu Dona Ines Ximenes da Silva of Flores (c. 1700), lady sovereign and member of the Portuguese Ximenes da Silva ruling family of the island-principality of Flores, in present-day Indonesia
• Morris Ximenes (c. 1762-1830), English Jewish businessman who converted to Christianity; had a son, also called Sir David Ximenes, named for his uncle
• Orion Ximenes Filho (1945–), Brazilian actor, voice-over artist
• Paulo César Ximenes (1943–), Brazilian economist
• Sebastiano Ximenes (c. late-16th century), Italian banker of Portuguese origin in Florence, patron of the Arts
• Vicente T. Ximenes (1919-), US Mexican-American Civil Rights Pioneer, US Politician

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

• Fortún Ximénez (unknown–1533), Spanish sailor and founder of first known European settlement in Baja California

Pseudonyms

• Ximenes, pseudonym of Derrick Somerset Macnutt (1902–1971), British crossword compiler

Fictional Persons

• Jose Jimenez, 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 Herge

Ruling Dynasty

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

External links

• Coat of Arms of the Spanish version of the name, Jiménez
• Meaning & Origin of the Spanish "Jiménez"
• Meaning & Origin of the Portuguese "Ximenes"
• Women in Power: Moäng Ratu Dona Ines Ximenes da Silva of Flores (Indonesia)
• Liceo Ginnasio Statale "Leonardo Ximenes"
• Italian entry on Sebastiano Ximenes' "Palazzo Ximenes de Sangallo"
• Historical information on one line of the Ximenes family in Britain
• João Ximenes Braga's O Globo blog
• Mariana Ximenes at the Internet Movie Database
• Orion Ximenes at the Internet Movie Database