Ines
About Ines
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.
Pronounced ee-NES; ih-NEZ.
As of October 2026, Ines ranked #1111 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #715 in 1916, Nameberry popularity #311.
Editor's take: The name Ines is a girl's name of Portuguese origin meaning "pure, virginal".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,278 | 82 | 45.9 |
| 2015 | #2,019 | 98 | 54.9 |
| 2016 | #2,291 | 83 | 46.8 |
| 2017 | #1,806 | 115 | 66.6 |
| 2018 | #1,666 | 126 | 74.1 |
| 2019 | #1,733 | 120 | 71.5 |
| 2020 | #1,773 | 112 | 69.3 |
| 2021 | #1,527 | 138 | 84.1 |
| 2022 | #1,832 | 111 | 67.7 |
| 2023 | #1,570 | 135 | 84.1 |
| 2024 | #1,282 | 180 | 111.1 |
| 2025 | #1,111 | 213 | 132.5 |
World rankings
Similar names
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- Cecily
- Leonie
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Ines on lists
Famous Iness
- 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
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