Given name

Inetta

“one who is pure; chaste”

Inetta is a variant of Ines. In Spanish use, Ines carries the interpretation “one who is pure; chaste.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Inetta 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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Inetta through the years

Babies since 1880
370
0 boys · 370 girls
Most popular year
1939
14 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
051015192019401960198020002025Highest share 19390.0
Inetta in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1915–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 206 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.

Inetta’s family of names

Inetta has a related form in Ines.

Walk Inetta’s family in the name graph

InettaInesInnettaAnettaNinettaIneta

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Inetta, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Aletta

“small and winged”

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Aleta

11Very rareEasing

>99% girls

 

Eretta

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Arletta

“an oath; a pledge”

15Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

French

Aniceta

“one who is unconquerable”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Rhetta

“a well-spoken woman” · “a well-spoken man”

14Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Inetta’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Inetta