Given name
Ineke
“one who nurtures”
Ineke is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “one who nurtures.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “one who nurtures.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Ineke is a diminutive of Ine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ineke through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 0 boys · 25 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 15 in 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 194 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ineke’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Ineke is a diminutive of Ine. In Dutch usage, Ineke has a related form in IENEKE. In Dutch usage, Ineke has a related form in IENEKE.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ineke
- Ineke TigelaarOlympic simmerborn 1945
- Ineke Van SchoorBelgian gymnastborn 1995
- Ineke Sluiterprofessor at Leiden Universityborn 1959
- Ineke Lambers-HacquebardDutch politician (1946–2014)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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