`  I had heard that the ``X`` for the ``sh`` sound was borrowed from Portugese when the need arose in transcribing Mesoamerican names.  I'd tend to say that the name is ``Mexico`` in English and ``México`` in the language of the country. Are there some parts of Latin America where ``Méjico`` is common, and if so where? Or is that spelling pretty much restricted to Spain?   Wondering,  `