Given name
Inesa
“one who is pure; chaste”
Inesa is a variant of Ines. In Spanish use, Ines carries the interpretation “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Inesa is a variant of Ines. In Spanish use, Ines carries the interpretation “one who is pure; chaste.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Inesa is a form of Inese. Inese comes from Spanish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Inesa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 5 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 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 300 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.
Inesa’s family of names
Inesa has a related form in Ines. In Latvian usage, Inesa has a related form in INESE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Inesa
- Inessa KravetsSoviet and Ukrainian triple and long jumperborn 1966
- Inessa Tytovaassociation football playerborn 1976
- Inesa Rebarborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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