Ines

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Italian, Portuguese, Slovene and Croatian variation of Agnes

"pure, virginal"

Ines Origin and Meaning

The name Ines is a girl's name of Portuguese origin meaning "pure, virginal".

This form of Agnes, Ines has always been popular since the true story of the thwarted lovers Queen Ines of Castro and King Peter of Portugal. This has to be one of the most heartbreaking and bloody true romances in history!

Prince Peter fell in love with the beautiful and lovely Ines, but their relationship was forbidden by his father King Afonso. Peter (who had been married) became a widow and planned to marry Ines, but this too was disallowed. When Peter followed her into exile, Afonso ordered Ines to be murdered in front of her own child. Distraught, Peter hunted her murderers down and ripped the hearts out of their bodies, claiming they did not have any hearts. When he later came to the throne, Peter made Ines his queen, exhumed her body and made the court vow allegiance to her.

Ines recently achieved new prominence in the US as the name of the second daughter of actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.

Inez is the Spanish spelling.

Ines Rank in US Top 1000

# 929 in the US

Ines Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 181 on Nameberry

Ines Popularity

• 181 Nameberry 2024
• 579 Unique 2023
• 452 England 2021
• 482 Germany 2016
• 36 Spain 2022
• 322 Mexico 2021
• 13 Sweden 2022
• 69 Belgium 2019
• 143 Poland 2020
• 92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022

20 Names Similar to Ines

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Ines.

• Inez
• Agnes
• Alba
• Alma
• Agatha
• Anouk
• Anais
• Oona
• Ana
• Amalia
• Antonia
• Sabina
• Anya
• Anaise
• Anthea
• Annika
• Maris
• Helen
• Blanche
• Delia

Famous People Named Ines

• Ines de Castro posthumous Queen consort of Peter I of Portugal
• Inés María Mendoza 1st First Lady of Puerto Rico; wife of Governor Luis Muñoz
• Ines Sastre Spanish model & actress
• Inés Suárez Spanish female conquistador
• Ines De La Fressange French model and fashion designer
• Ines Torelli Swiss comedienne
• Ines Papert German mountain climber
• Inese Galante Latvian operatic soprano
• Inés Ayala Spanish MEP
• Inés Ferrer Suárez Spanish tennis player
• Ines Putri Miss Indonesia 2012
• Inés Efron Argentine actress
• Ines Pellegrini Eritrean,Italian actress
• Inés Palombo Argentine actress
• Inés Gaviria Colombian singer
• (María) Inés Rivero Argentine model
• Eda Ines Etti, Estonian pop singer
• María Inés Guerra Mexican TV host and singer
• Juana Ines de la Cruz Mexican writer
• Ines Granger (b. 2002) daughter of Australian chef Bill Granger
• Ines Sophia Niarchos (b. 1995) daughter of Daphne Guinness and Spyros Niarchos
• Inès Philippine Alexia Krusbæk (b. 2011) great,great,great,granddaughter of Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg
• Ines Cudna (b. 1984) Polish adult model colleague of fellow Polish model Ewa Sonnet

Ines in Pop Culture

• Ines Serrano character in Jean,Paul Sartre's "No Exit"
• Ines character in a Byron poem
• Ines Sofia Vergara's character in the movie "Chef" (2014)
• "Ines of My Soul " novel by Isabel Allende about Ines Suarez