What Does My Last Name Mean (Jimenez)?

Jimenez could be used a first name as well as a surname. Jimenez is used as a masculine first name. As a boy's name, it is a variant of Ximenes, Jimenes, and Ximenez. It is very rarely used a first name. The name Jimenez has a Spanish of origin and is a variant of the name Simon. Jimenez means 'listening intently'.

As a surname, it has its origin in Spain. 'Jimenez' means 'son of Jimeno or Simon. It is formed from two words: the name Jimeno and the suffix '-ez'. Jjimeno is a given name and '-ez' means 'son of'. It is also means 'gracious hearkening' or 'gracious listening' or even 'snub-nosed'.

The last name Jimenez comes from spain meaning goal reach successful and having money to spend at the bar and can also be used to describe of a pimp and such

As a last name, Jimenez can mean Gracious Hearkening, Gracious Listening, Sub-nosed, and Son of Jimeno or Simon. Hearkening has two definitions: 1.To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply. [1913 Webster] and 2.to inquire;seek information. Which is the same thing as Gracious Listening, well sort of. But the sub-nosed part confuses me a little...???

As a last name, Jimenez can mean gracious hearkening. Hearkening has two defintions: 1.To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply. [1913 Webster] and 2.to inquire;seek information.

Which is the same thing as gracious listening, well sort of.

It can also mean 'Son of Jimeno or Simon'.

But the "sub-nosed" part confuses me a little...???

Jimenez means listening intently

The meaning of Jimenez has its origin in the first name Jimeno.
Jimenez is a a very old surname in Spain. It comes from the areas of Navarra and Aragon, in northern Spain, soon being expanded to all the country. Many of the first Jimenez took an important role in many campaigns in the history of Spain.
Perhaps one of the most popular that share the surname is Juan Ramon Jimenez, poet and Nobel Prize of Literature in 1956.