Given name
Inês
“one who is pure; chaste”
Inês is a form of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Inês is a form of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Inês is a form of Agnes. An origin associated with Agnes is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Agnes, from Ancient Greek ἁγνός (“chaste”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Inês’s family of names
Inês shares a linguistic root with Agnes. In Portuguese usage, Inês has a conventional equivalent in the English form Inez. Inês is a form of Agnes.
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Around the world
Inês has relatives in 29 languages.
29 related names in 29 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 33
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Agnescognate · English, German
- Inezborrowing · English
- Inessaequivalent
- Agniaequivalent
- Agnessaequivalent
- Inesaequivalent
- AgnieszkaPolish
- IneseLatvian
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- AgneseLatvian, Italian
- AgnesaItalian
- AuneFinnish
- ΑγνήGreek
- AgnèsFrench, Catalan
- Inéssee also · Spanish
- Инессаequivalent
- HańžkaUpper Sorbian
- HańžaUpper Sorbian
- AgnešSerbian
- АгнешSerbian
- АгнияRussian
- АгнессаRussian
- АгнесRussian
- AgnėLithuanian
- AignéisIrish
- ÁgnesHungarian
- אגנסHebrew
- ʻAkenekiHawaiian
- InèsFrench
- IinesFinnish
- AgnasFaroese
- AnežkaCzech
- OanezBreton
- AñesBasque
People named Inês
- Inês HenriquesPortuguese race walking athleteborn 1980
- Inês PereiraPortuguese association football player (born 1999)
- Inês ZuberPortuguese politician of the 3rd republicborn 1980
- Inês BrasilBrazilian singer and dancerborn 1969
- Inês de MedeirosPortuguese actress and politicianborn 1968
- Inês Thomas Almeidasingerborn 1976
- Inês Pires(1358-1390)1350
- Inês PedrosaPortuguese journalist, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, playwrightborn 1962
- Inês MonteiroPortuguese athleteborn 1980
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