Inez

Where Inez comes from

Anglicised form of Spanish Inés and Portuguese Inês, both from Latin Agnes, from Ancient Greek Ἁγνή (Hagnḗ). First used in 18th century English poetry and plays referring to Inês de Castro. Doublet of Agnes.
— Wiktionary's entry for Inez
  • Spanish
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #141 among girls — 106 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1886
    Inez Milholland born
    (1886-1916) American suffragist, lawyer
  3. 1909
    Peak, #96
    826 babies named Inez — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #342.
  5. 1949
    Inez Fung born
    American climatologist
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Inez Milholland · (1886-1916) American suffragist, lawyer, 1886–1916
  • Inez Fung · American climatologist, born 1949
  • Inez Clare Verdoorn · South African botanist, 1896–1989
  • Inez Haynes Irwin · Feminist, author, journalist, 1873–1970
  • Inez Turner · Jamaican athletics competitor, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.