Given name
Inés
“one who is pure; chaste”
Inés is a form of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Inés is a form of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Inés is a form of Agnes. An origin associated with Agnes is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish use, Inés is used as a form of Agnes.
Inés’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Inés has a diminutive in Inesita. In Spanish usage, Inés developed from the Latin form Agnes. In German usage, Inés has a related form in Ines.
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Around the world
Inés has relatives in 37 languages.
43 related names in 37 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 44
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Agnescognate · English, German
- Inezderivative · Swedish, English
- InessaAzerbaijani
- Agniaequivalent
- Agnessaequivalent
- Inesaequivalent
- AgnetaSwedish, Finnish
- AgnieszkaPolish
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- AgneseLatvian, Italian
- AuneFinnish
- AgnesaSlovak, Albanian
- ΑγνήGreek
- Inêssee also · Portuguese
- AgnèsFrench, Occitan
- Iinesderivative · Finnish
- Inèsderivative · French
- AnežkaCzech
- АгніяUkrainian
- АгнесаUkrainian, Belarusian
- AgnethaSwedish
- ÁvdnosNorthern Sami
- АгнияRussian
- АгнессаRussian
- AgnėLithuanian
- ÁgiHungarian
- ÁgnesHungarian
- ʻAkenekiHawaiian
- AgnasFaroese
- AgnezaSlovene
- NežikaSlovene
- NežkaSlovene
- NežaSlovene
- AgnetheDanish
- AgneteDanish
- OanezBreton
- Agnisnds-de
- Neeskends-de
- Neskends-de
- Neesends-de
- Nesends-de
- HańžkaUpper Sorbian
- HańžaUpper Sorbian
- AnjezëAlbanian
- Ἁγνήroot · Ancient Greek
People named Inés
- Inés ArrimadasSpanish politicianborn 1981
- Inés SuárezSpanish conquistador and soldier1507–1580
- Inés GorrochateguiArgentine tennis playerborn 1973
- Inés SastreSpanish model and actressborn 1973
- Agnes of AustriaHungarian queen consort; Duchess of Carinthia, died 11821151–1182
- Inés EfronArgentine actressborn 1985
- Inés Arrondofield hockey playerborn 1977
- Inés AyalaSpanish politician (1957-2024)
- Inés Echeverría BelloChilean writer1868–1949
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