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:''See below for disambiguation of the names Jiménez and Ximenes'' 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 ()". 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. 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. In Portuguese orthography, there is no diacritic used for Ximenes. ==Spelling== As the modern name ''Ximenes'' has an ''-es'' suffix, it is almost certainly of Portuguese, Galician or Old Spanish origin, as the orthographic change to ''-ez'' (and indeed, the consonant shift from X to J) was revised in Spain only in the late 18th century. This obviously was not the case in Portugal. Other languages in Castilian-dominated lands like Aragon, Asturias, Galicia, etc. often retained the ''-es'' ending, and their descendants bear witness to this historical anomaly. In Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearics, the ending ''-is'' is used instead of ''-es'' (or ''-ez''), hence, the spelling Ximenis (or the variant with vowel epenthesis, Eiximinis or Eximenis). The name Ximenes itself is thought to derive as both surname and place name from the common Iberian territory of Galicia, since Lusophone linguists believe the Galician language is the forebear of both Modern Portuguese and Modern Spanish. Ximenes, as such, exists most commonly in Portugal, and in all of the ex-Portuguese Crown territories, especially in Brazil. Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Nobel Laureate from East Timor in 1996, and Brazilian actress, Mariana Ximenes, are prime examples of this historical difference. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jiménez (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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