Given name & surname
Iness
“from the island”
Iness is a variant of Innis. One Scottish interpretation is “from the island.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Iness is a variant of Innis. One Scottish interpretation is “from the island.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Iness is a variant of Innis. An origin associated with Innis is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Iness through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 107
- 0 boys · 107 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 12 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 136 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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