<Dl> <Dd> See below for disambiguation of the names Jiménez and Ximenes </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> See below for disambiguation of the names Jiménez and Ximenes </Dd> <P> Jiménez (archaic forms, Ximénez or Ximenes; Galician and Portuguese: Ximenes, Catalan: Ximenis or Eiximenis) 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 semen (' son'), attested in the Aquitanian inscriptions as Sembeconnis and like forms . Variants of the surname include the archaic Ximénez, Ximenes, as well as Giménez, Gimenes, Jimenes, Chiménez, Chimenes, Seménez and Semenes . </P> <P> In Spanish orthography, the variations of Jiménez that end with a z are written with an acute accent on the second syllable . In English, all variations are commonly written without the diacritic . </P>

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