Given name
Inese
Inese is a feminine given name from Spanish. It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Inese through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 6 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 1958. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1953. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 178 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.
Inese’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Inese shares a linguistic root with the English form Inez. In Latvian usage, Inese has a related form in Inesa. In Latvian usage, Inese has a conventional equivalent in the English form Inez.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Inese has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 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.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Inese
- Inese JaunzemeLatvian javelin thrower (1932-2011)
- Inese VaidereLatvian politician (born 1952)
- Inese GalanteLatvian opera singerborn 1954
- Inese Lībiņa-EgnereLatvian politician (born 1977)
- Inese LaizāneLatvian actor and politician1971–2024
- Inese ŠlesereLatvian politician, former contestant at Miss World 1991 (born 1972)
- Inese TarvidaLatvian taekwondo athleteborn 1998
- Inese JursoneLatvian volleyball playerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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