October 28
Why this day? Mena is a short form of Ximena, and shares its name day.
Mena is celebrated in the United States on October 28; Spain on April 19; Argentina on June 29.
Mena is a short form of Ximena. It keeps its origin (Medieval Spanish (pre-Roman/Basque, or from the Hebrew Simeon)) and meaning — the one who listens; a graphic variant of Jimena, and shares its name day, October 28.
On birth records, Mena is rarely written as such: the Menas are Ximenas (30,360 births). For the name's history, year-by-year popularity and famous bearers, read the Ximena page. Mena is also a short form of Jimena, Philomena, Menachem.
Mena is a short form of Ximena, which means the one who listens; a graphic variant of Jimena.
October 28, together with Ximena: a short form shares the name day of the name it comes from.
It is a familiar short form. It does not appear as such in birth records, where you find Ximena.
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