I'd like to know what is the explanation for an anomalous shift S>X>J in two Spanish names. This shift is not regular, I suspect some Sephardite (Spanish-Jewish) influence.
1) Simona > Ximena > Jimena, cf. masc. Ximeno, patronymic Ximenez, usually related to Simon.
2) Suarez > Xuarez > Juarez. Suarez is the patronymic of Suero, usually seen as <Suarius < Gothic *Suhareis
Joao SL
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