Inez
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from English Inez, from Spanish Inés. First recorded as a given name of Swedes in 1842.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Inez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Inez has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 13 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 21 |
| 2001 | 21 |
| 2002 | 26 |
| 2003 | 38 |
| 2004 | 47 |
| 2005 | 51 |
| 2006 | 82 |
| 2007 | 102 |
| 2008 | 104 |
| 2009 | 131 |
| 2010 | 150 |
| 2011 | 140 |
| 2012 | 123 |
| 2013 | 119 |
| 2014 | 135 |
| 2015 | 124 |
| 2016 | 156 |
| 2017 | 176 |
| 2018 | 162 |
| 2019 | 160 |
| 2020 | 171 |
| 2021 | 184 |
| 2022 | 148 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 4,720 |
| 2000 | 4,534 |
| 2001 | 4,354 |
| 2002 | 4,157 |
| 2003 | 3,970 |
| 2004 | 3,827 |
| 2005 | 3,671 |
| 2006 | 3,566 |
| 2007 | 3,487 |
| 2008 | 3,417 |
| 2009 | 3,393 |
| 2010 | 3,402 |
| 2011 | 3,395 |
| 2012 | 3,333 |
| 2013 | 3,311 |
| 2014 | 3,297 |
| 2015 | 3,289 |
| 2016 | 3,328 |
| 2017 | 3,377 |
| 2018 | 3,426 |
| 2019 | 3,489 |
| 2020 | 3,533 |
Inez in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Inez.Hi! My name is Inez.
- Inez ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Inez called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Vet du om Inez kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Inez is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Inez mamma är lärare.Inez's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Inez mamma is Inez's mum. Because Inez already ends in z, nothing is added.
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Questions about Inez
How do you pronounce Inez in Swedish?
In IPA, Inez is /ˈiːnɛs/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Inez mean?
Borrowed from English Inez, from Spanish Inés. First recorded as a given name of Swedes in 1842.
How popular is Inez in Sweden?
148 babies were named Inez in 2022. In 2020, 3,533 people in Sweden had Inez as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2021 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.