What We Know About the Ximena Surname

People named Ximena carry a Spanish surname with a long history. The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “one who came from Ximena (place of Jimena or Simon), in Spain”. Place names like this marked newcomers by where they had come from.

If a Ximena family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows. Research your Ximena family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.