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Ines

Ines: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“pure, chaste”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
ee-NESS · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (94% of all uses)

Spanish and Portuguese form of Agnes, from Greek hagnos meaning 'pure' or 'holy.' The French form is Inès, while Inés is standard in Spanish.

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How popular is Ines?

202454.0 per million US babies
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Babies named Ines in 2024180

2024 rank#1,282 girls

Peak year1911

Total US babies since 18806,934

Ines is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Ines

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Agnespure, chaste · Greek
  • Inezpure, holy · Spanish
  • Jadestone of the side · Spanish
  • Savannahtreeless plain · Spanish
  • Catalinapure · Spanish
  • Amayamother city · Spanish
  • Ximenameaning uncertain · Spanish
  • Aitanafrom the Aitana mountain · Spanish

Ines questions

What does the name Ines mean?

Ines means "pure, chaste". It comes from Spanish. Spanish and Portuguese form of Agnes, from Greek hagnos meaning 'pure' or 'holy.' The French form is Inès, while Inés is standard in Spanish.

Is Ines a boy or girl name?

Ines is mainly a girl's name in US records (94% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Ines?

180 US babies were named Ines in 2024. Its peak year was 1911.

How do you pronounce Ines?

Ines is usually pronounced ee-NESS.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.