Where does “Jimenez” come from?

Jimenez comes from Old Spanish Ximen, a personal name of uncertain ultimate origin.

Ancestry of “Jimenez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishJiménez—
2SpanishJimeno—
3Old SpanishXimen—
4BasqueSemen—
5Basquesemeson
6Proto-Basquesenbeboy
7PersianشنبهSaturday
8HebrewשַׁבָּתSabbath, Shabbat; weekly day of rest; sabbath
9Akkadianšapattum15
Every word from Akkadian šapattum →Every word from Hebrew שַׁבָּת →Every word from Persian شنبه →