Inez
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Don Juan's mother; pers
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˌɪˈnɛz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Inez is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. In Portugal it is the 21st most common given name.
- SESweden1 in 1.2K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 20K
- PTPortugal≈1 in 238as Inês
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Inez itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- #422 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 354 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈71,000 named Ines, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ines in AR Argentina, BR Brazil, DE Germany and 5 more and Inès in FR France.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Don Juan's mother; pers. name
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Inez counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #232 | ≈71,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Ines | 245 |
| BR Brazil | #217 | 67,931as Ines | 1 in 3.1K | 86K | Ines | 159 |
| ES Spain | #142 | 64,874as Ines | 1 in 771 | 65K | Ines | 204 |
| FR France | #441 | ≈50,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | 103K | Inès | 233 |
| AR Argentina | #76 | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | 480 | Ines | 138 |
| PT Portugal | #21 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 238 | 498 | Ines | 179 |
| EC Ecuador | #66 | 21,225as Ines | 1 in 796 | 21K | Ines | 48 |
| TN Tunisia | #56 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 573 | — | Ines | 56 |
| US United States | #734 | 16,321 | 1 in 20K | 16K | Inez | 354 |
| SE Sweden | #853 | 8,207 | 1 in 1.2K | 8.2K | Ines | 39 |
| HR Croatia | — | 7,066as Ines | 1 in 598 | 7.1K | — | 6 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); IRN — Nomes próprios mais frequentes (2017–2023); INEC — civil registry names; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Inez is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, inga
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Clotilde Gravesb. 1863IEnot in their usual nameIrish and play writer author (1863–1932)
- Inez Luanne Wilderb. 1871USAmerican zoologist (1871-1929)
- Inez Milhollandb. 1886US(1886-1916) American suffragist, lawyer
- Inez Palangeb. 1889USAmerican actress (1889-1962)
- Inez Courtneyb. 1908USAmerican actress (1908-1975)
- Inez Andrewsb. 1929USAmerican gospel singer (1929–2012)
- Inez Fungb. 1949USAmerican climatologist (born 1949)
- Vicky Lyonb. 1956USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress
- Inez Bjørg Davidb. 1982DEGerman actress
- Inez Dahl Torhaugb. 2004SESwedish actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 63 sources across 34 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 16K | #1,814 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 8.2K | #460 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 8.1K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 8.1K | #1,971 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 6.7K | #2,776 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 3.5K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 462 | #1,814 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 156 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2010 | 45 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 35 | #16,848 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 34 | #1,971 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 32 | #40,164 |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Inez come from?
- Don Juan's mother; pers. name Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- How do you pronounce Inez?
- A machine transcription gives /ˌɪˈnɛz/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Inez a male or female name?
- Inez is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Inez mean?
- Recorded meaning: Don Juan's mother; pers.
- What are other forms of the name Inez?
- In the etymology graph, Ines, Agnes and Agnieszka are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Inez have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 71 thousand people named Ines in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Inez most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Inez is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 1.2 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Inez?
- In the United States, the national register counted 16,321 people named Inez in 2020, about 1 in 20 thousand residents.
- How common is Inez compared with other names?
- In Germany, Inez is the 232nd most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Inez” — the 232nd most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.