Ines
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, an alternative spelling of Inez.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ines (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ines has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 12 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 13 |
| 2001 | 12 |
| 2002 | 15 |
| 2003 | 23 |
| 2004 | 22 |
| 2005 | 39 |
| 2006 | 57 |
| 2007 | 40 |
| 2008 | 74 |
| 2009 | 93 |
| 2010 | 98 |
| 2011 | 143 |
| 2012 | 135 |
| 2013 | 177 |
| 2014 | 194 |
| 2015 | 203 |
| 2016 | 221 |
| 2017 | 231 |
| 2018 | 306 |
| 2019 | 273 |
| 2020 | 346 |
| 2021 | 340 |
| 2022 | 354 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 741 |
| 2000 | 741 |
| 2001 | 745 |
| 2002 | 734 |
| 2003 | 748 |
| 2004 | 748 |
| 2005 | 785 |
| 2006 | 819 |
| 2007 | 859 |
| 2008 | 937 |
| 2009 | 1,017 |
| 2010 | 1,101 |
| 2011 | 1,242 |
| 2012 | 1,376 |
| 2013 | 1,548 |
| 2014 | 1,737 |
| 2015 | 1,928 |
| 2016 | 2,161 |
| 2017 | 2,404 |
| 2018 | 2,716 |
| 2019 | 2,990 |
| 2020 | 3,333 |
Ines in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ines.Hi! My name is Ines.
- Ines har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ines has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Ines i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Ines this afternoon.
- Ines mamma är lärare.Ines's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ines mamma is Ines's mum. Because Ines already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Ines
How do you pronounce Ines in Swedish?
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What does the name Ines mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, an alternative spelling of Inez.
How popular is Ines in Sweden?
354 babies were named Ines in 2022. In 2020, 3,333 people in Sweden had Ines as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.