Ximena
Ximena is a girl name of Spanish origin, meaning Hearkening; a listener.
What Ximena means
Hearkening; a listener.
Ximena sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Ximena comes from
Spanish names blend Latin roots with Visigothic and Arabic influence, and many are tied to Marian devotions or saints' days, which is how a single name can have several regional forms.
Ximena is recorded as Spanish in origin. Browse other Spanish names.
How popular is Ximena?
Ximena sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Ximena
We group Ximena under Gentle. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Gentle
Names like Ximena
These share Ximena's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Delilah — Delicate.
- Xenia — Hospitality; welcoming.
- Yuna — Gentle; lotus.
- Adina — Delicate; noble.
- Anuhea — Cool, soft fragrance.
- Caoimhe — Gentle, beautiful and precious.
- Chifuyu — Tenderness.
- Clementine — Mild and merciful.
- Dalia — Grapevine; gentle.
- Damaris — Gentle; a calf.
- Famke — Little girl.
- Fawn — A young deer; gentle.