Meaning of the nameInês
Inês is a female name that comes from Latin Agnes, from Greek hagnós, 'pure, chaste'; Inez is the spelling with Z.
- People (2022)
- 67,931
- Rank in Brazil
- #447
- Median age
- 61 years
- 2010 Census
- 85,586
- people
Inês in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Inês, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (19,205 people).
67,648 women 283 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Inês is most common
States with the highest share of people named Inês in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.082%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.081%
- Paraná 0.077%
- São Paulo 0.038%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.037%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 16,716 | 0.038% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 8,840 | 0.081% |
| Paraná | 8,784 | 0.077% |
| Santa Catarina | 6,201 | 0.082% |
| Minas Gerais | 5,603 | 0.027% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 3,390 | 0.021% |
| Bahia | 2,731 | 0.019% |
| Pernambuco | 1,753 | 0.019% |
| Ceará | 1,605 | 0.018% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,331 | 0.036% |
| Pará | 1,253 | 0.015% |
| Paraíba | 1,210 | 0.030% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 1,021 | 0.037% |
| Goiás | 989 | 0.014% |
| Maranhão | 941 | 0.014% |
| Amazonas | 875 | 0.022% |
| Espírito Santo | 864 | 0.023% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 719 | 0.022% |
| Piauí | 707 | 0.022% |
| Rondônia | 562 | 0.036% |
| Distrito Federal | 499 | 0.018% |
| Alagoas | 421 | 0.014% |
| Sergipe | 320 | 0.015% |
| Tocantins | 219 | 0.015% |
| Acre | 153 | 0.018% |
| Roraima | 138 | 0.022% |
| Amapá | 86 | 0.012% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Inês
Inês comes from Latin Agnes, from Greek ἁγνός (hagnós), 'chaste', according to Wiktionary. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado, gives the Greek adjective the sense of 'pure, holy, chaste' and links the spread of the name to the cult of Saint Agnes. Machado records the name in the Iberian Peninsula as early as the fourteenth century and rejects the hypothesis that it reached Portuguese through Italian. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 67,931 people named Inês, with a median age of 61. The name is almost always female and, proportionally, most common in Santa Catarina.
This is the Portuguese form with a circumflex accent and the most recorded in the group. Wiktionary lists Ignês as an old spelling.
Other spellings of Inês
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Inês | 67,931 |
| Inez | 8,091 |
Sources
- Wiktionary: Inês · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ines · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
- Behind the Name: Inez · behindthename.com · spelling
Questions about the name Inês
What does the name Inês mean?
Inês means “pure, chaste”, according to Wiktionary and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.
How many people are named Inês in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 67,931 people with the first name Inês, which ranks it number 447 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Inês a boy's or a girl's name?
Inês is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 67,648 women and 283 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Inês?
Inês is a name of Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Inês most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.082% of the state's population is named Inês (6,201 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Inês?
Inez. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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