Inés
Latin at root, meaning "pure" or "holy", it comes to Poland by way of Spanish, said EENÉS. Only 63 women here carry it, so most Poles will go a lifetime without meeting one.
Inés Pronunciation
Inés is pronounced EENÉS (/inés/).
What Inés means
Where Inés comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Inés is the Spanish form of Agnes, and its root is Latin. Behind the Latin lies Greek hagnē, meaning chaste, pure, holy. Latin carried it as Agnes, and Spanish softened the sound into Inés. The short meaning holds to that first sense.
Early Latin speakers heard agnus, the lamb, inside Agnes. That link came later. It was an association, not the origin, yet it stuck, and Saint Agnes of Rome became a patron whose feast falls on 21 January. Spanish honours her as Santa Inés.
The name found a second life in Spanish story. Inés de Castro, loved by the future king Pedro of Portugal, died in the fourteenth century and was mourned long after. José Zorrilla gave the stage a Doña Inés in his play Don Juan Tenorio. Picture the name today on a class register at a Kraków school, one Inés among the Zuzannas. The sense it carries is short and old: pure.
How many people are named Inés
1 in 357839 women in Poland is named Inés. 63 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4617 among female names.
Inés's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Inés as a middle name
Inés is a first name for 63 women in Poland and a middle name for another 77, a 45/55 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 755th, between Fiona (77) and Kiara (77).
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#753 Bozena77
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#754 Fiona77
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#755 Inés77
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#756 Kiara77
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#757 Monique77