Jiménez
See also: Jimenez
Spanish
Alternative forms
- Giménez, Ximénez
Etymology
From Jimeno + -ez, via Old Spanish Ximen from the Basque personal name Semen, from seme (“son”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /xiˈmeneθ/ [xiˈme.neθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /xiˈmenes/ [xiˈme.nes]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eneθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -enes
- Syllabification: Ji‧mé‧nez
Proper noun
Jiménez ?
- a surname from Old Spanish [in turn from Basque, in turn originating as a patronymic]
Descendants
- → Cebuano: Jimenez
- → English: Jimenez
- → Tagalog: Jimenez
Further reading
- “Jiménez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014