Given name
Ynes
“one who is pure; chaste”
Ynes is a form of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Ynes carries the interpretation “one who is pure; chaste.” Ynes is a form of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
Ynes is used as a form of Agnes.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ynes through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 23 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 8 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 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 518 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.
Ynes’s family of names
Ynes is a form of Agnes. Ynes has a related form in Ynez. Ynes has a related form in Ynesita.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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