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Ines

ee-NEZ
Italian, Portuguese, Slovene and Croatian variation of Agnes
"pure, virginal"
Brynn McKeon
By Brynn McKeon
Updated Mon Sep 22 2025

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.

In 2025, this historically royal name became new once again as Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden chose it for their Princess Ines. In the US, Ines achieved new prominence after actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds named their second daughter Inez -- which is the Spanish spelling.

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Popularity of the name Ines

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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
  • Princess Ines Marie Lilian Silvia of Sweden, Duchess of Västerbotten (born 2025)
    daughter of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland and Princess Sofia of Sweden, Duchess of Värmland

The name 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

International Variations of the name Ines

  • Annys
    Greek
  • Ynes
    Spanish
  • Ynez
    Spanish
  • Ynesita
    Spanish
  • Inesita
    Spanish
  • Annis
    Greek

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