Given name
Ineta
“one who is pure; chaste”
Ineta is a variant of Ines. In Spanish use, Ines carries the interpretation “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ineta is a variant of Ines. In Spanish use, Ines carries the interpretation “one who is pure; chaste.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ineta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 130
- 0 boys · 130 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 11 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 1952. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 155 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.
Ineta’s family of names
Ineta has a related form in Ines. In Latvian usage, Ineta has a related form in INTA. In Greek usage, Ineta is a transliteration of Ινέτα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ineta
- Ineta RadēvičaLatvian long and triple jump athlete (born 1981)
- Ineta ZiemeleLatvian judge (born 1970)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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