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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.