Ximena

Where Ximena comes from

The dictionaries list Ximena as a given name — a female given name from Spanish or Basque — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Spanish
  • Basque
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #6,564 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Ximena Restrepo born
    Colombian sprinter
  3. 1988
    Ximena Navarrete born
    Mexican model and actress
  4. 2018
    Peak, #118
    2,571 babies named Ximena — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Spanish or Basque.
Namesakes
  • Ximena Navarrete · Mexican model and actress, born 1988
  • Ximena Restrepo · Colombian sprinter, born 1969
  • Ximena Duque · Colombian actress and model, born 1985
  • Ximena Herrera · Bolivian actress, born 1979
  • Ximena Abarca · Chilean singer and actress, born 1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.