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Help[Facts] Re: Chimene - the name.
in reply to a message by Chimene
My father also got my name from the movie El Cid. However, my name is spelled (Shamine) which is pronounced Shuh-Mean. With this being said, would I look to the name Chimene for the meaning of my name although my name is spelled differently from the movie?
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A community of Chimene's of different spellings!!
I'm Chimene too also after El Cid!! Love it!! �
I'm Chimene too also after El Cid!! Love it!! �
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Wow, on a whim I googled the meaning of my name again and came across this thread. How fun to see all the other Chimenes! It had been a while since I’d looked it up. Yup, like y’all, I, too, was named from the movie El CID in the early 60’s. Sophia Loren playing Chiméne, El Cid’s wife. I’m 57 now and have NEVER met another Chiméne in my entire life! Although I know they obviously exist. I pronounce my name “Shi-main”. After a lifetime of misspellings and mispronunciations, I decided in college to add an accent above the first “e”, so that ppl could see it was pronounced like an “a”. Did it work? Haha, sometimes. Bottom line, in my life I like to say that I had to grow into my name . It was harder as a kid having such a unique name, but now I absolutely LOVE it. Blessings to all.
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Yes, this type of spelling alteration is common, and has occurred as long as names have crossed cultures, which is almost as long as we've had names. Note that the same thing has happened to create most of the other forms of this name = people hear a name, and attempt to render it in a familiar script, without ever seeing the original written.
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