Jimeno (also Gimeno, Ximeno, Chemene, Exemeno) is a given name derived from ''Ximen'',OMAECHEVARRIA, Ignacio, "Nombres propios y apellidos en el País Vasco y sus contornos". ''Homenaje a D. Julio de Urquijo'', volume II, pages 153-175. a variant of the medieval

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

given name

Semen Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is a bodily fluid that contains spermatozoon, spermatozoa which is secreted by the male gonads (sexual glands) and other sexual organs of male or hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic animals. In humans and placen ...

, the origins of which arose in the

regions, then its use spread west across northern

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into Castile and Galicia, then followed the

Reconquista The ''Reconquista'' (Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese for ) or the fall of al-Andalus was a series of military and cultural campaigns that European Christian Reconquista#Northern Christian realms, kingdoms waged ag ...

south during

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times. It was frequently recorded in

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using forms similar to those used for Simon, but this is probably not indicative of shared derivation.

History

Someone named "Seguin" was attested in Frankish chronicles when referring to the Count of Bordeaux and Duke of

Vasconia The Duchy of Gascony or Duchy of Vasconia was a duchy located in present-day southwestern France and northeastern Spain, an area encompassing the modern region of Gascony. The Duchy of Gascony, then known as ''Wasconia'', was originally a Frankis ...

(778, 814 and 816). The name is also recorded in

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as ''Sihiminus'', perhaps a misspelling of ''Ximinus'', may have been a local Basque whose family later fled south over the Pyrenees and helped Enneco Arista take over in Pamplona. Another character is identified in 778 as "''Jimeno, the strong''", from Arab sources in

Al-Andalus Al-Andalus () was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The name refers to the different Muslim states that controlled these territories at various times between 711 and 1492. At its greatest geographical extent, it occupied most o ...

, where it calls him "''Mothmin al-Akra''", a Basque or Hispanic magnate in the upper Ebro territories within the later independent principality of Navarre. This person was possibly related to others near Pamplona in local opposition to both the invading Franks under

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( ; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was List of Frankish kings, King of the Franks from 768, List of kings of the Lombards, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian ...

and the new ruler of the Islamic Iberian realm,

Abd al-Rahman I Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (; 7 March 731 – 30 September 788), commonly known as Abd al-Rahman I, was the founder and first emir of the Emirate of Córdoba, ruling from 756 to 788. He established the Umayyad dynasty in al-Andalus, ...

. Some think the name may be a corruption of the later part of the Latin name ''Ma-ximinus'', as there is late Classic records that various individuals with this name were becoming very active as officials and residents in upper Hispania near the

Pyrenees The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. They extend nearly from their union with the Cantabrian Mountains to Cap de Creus on the Mediterranean coast, reaching a maximum elevation of at the peak of Aneto. ...

and

Tarraconensis Hispania Tarraconensis was one of three Roman provinces in Hispania. It encompassed much of the northern, eastern and central territories of modern Spain along with modern northern Portugal. Southern Spain, the region now called Andalusia, was t ...

during the last century of the Western Roman Empire, and perhaps into the transition from imperial province to independent Kingdom during the Visigothic rule.

Notable given names

Jimeno of Pamplona Jimeno (Ximeno) I, (not to be confused with the 8th century Jimeno the Strong ()), was the 9th century father of García Jiménez of Pamplona. In spite of various biographical details having been created, there are no unambiguous records of his exi ...

(9th century) nobleman and possible sub-king, founder of

Jiménez dynasty The Jiménez dynasty, alternatively called the Jimena, the Sancha, the Banu Sancho, the Abarca or the Banu Abarca, was a medieval ruling family which, beginning in the 9th century, eventually grew to control the royal houses of several kingdoms ...

Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona Jimeno (also Gimeno, Ximeno, Chemene, Exemeno) is a given name derived from ''Ximen'',OMAECHEVARRIA, Ignacio, "Nombres propios y apellidos en el País Vasco y sus contornos". ''Homenaje a D. Julio de Urquijo'', volume II, pages 153-175. a variant of ...

, king of

Pamplona Pamplona (; ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Navarre, Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. Lying at near above sea level, the city (and the wider Cuenca de Pamplona) is located on the flood pl ...

, 925-932

Notable surnames

José Joaquin Jimeno Father José Joaquin Jimeno (30 November 1804, Mexico City – 14 March 1856, Santa Barbara, California) was a Spanish missionary to the Americas. Father Jimeno is known to have traveled with Father Mariano Payeras to San Jacinto, a distant ...

(1804-1856), Spanish missionary to the Americas *

José María Jimeno Jurío José María Jimeno Jurío (13 May 1927 – 3 October 2002), was a Basque anthropologist, ethnographer, and priest. Biography He was born in Artajona and there attended a primary school led by the until he was twelve. Then he moved for ...

, Basque anthropologist, ethnographer, and priest *

Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno (; born 12 February 1944) is a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Huancayo from 2004 to 2024. He has been a cardinal since 2018. Biography Barreto was born in Lima, Peru, on 12 February 1 ...

, Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church * Philip C. Jimeno, American politician *

Will Jimeno William Jose Jimeno (born November 26, 1967) is a Colombian-American author and retired Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department officer who survived the September 11 attacks in 2001. He was buried under the rubble for a total ...

, American author

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