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Inès

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lfdsa · 19/03/2023 15:38

What are your honest thoughts about the name Inès? What comes to mind when you hear it - what connotations?

I am French but my husband is English, btw. We live in the UK.
It would be pronounced Ee-nez.

Thank you.

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Caledoniablue · 19/03/2023 18:08

I think its a beautiful name. We live in Portugal and its a relatively common ish name here. My best friends daughter is Inês

FlounderingFruitcake · 19/03/2023 18:01

So perhaps my conclusion should be it’s a great name (I do really like it!) but keep in mind that if you live in SW London it’s very possible you’ll get duplicates at nursery/school.

NameChange30 · 19/03/2023 17:47

FlounderingFruitcake · 19/03/2023 17:19

We’re in SW London. Lots of French families and many other European nationalities too, very few completely English families. It’s funny how you get pockets sometimes, when we lived in the states I used to take my eldest to a baby group where 3 out about 10 babies were called Quinn which I thought was the strangest too!

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I'm not surprised you're in SW London - that's the only place in the UK I can think of that would have so many girls called Inès!

Avarua2 · 19/03/2023 17:20

Very classy.

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 19/03/2023 17:20

Sunnysunbun · 19/03/2023 15:48

Inès de la fressange style icon and super model.
I love the name it’s simple and beautiful.

This ^

Lostmarblesfinder · 19/03/2023 17:19

Turks don’t know where that came from thank you phone, girls name.

FlounderingFruitcake · 19/03/2023 17:19

NameChange30 · 19/03/2023 16:21

Really? Hmm
In the latest ONS rankings it's at #449.
Perhaps your area has a very high number of European families? There's a reasonably high number of Europeans where I live (English city) but I haven't come across any other girls called Inès. It's hardly popular across the whole country.

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We’re in SW London. Lots of French families and many other European nationalities too, very few completely English families. It’s funny how you get pockets sometimes, when we lived in the states I used to take my eldest to a baby group where 3 out about 10 babies were called Quinn which I thought was the strangest too!

Lostmarblesfinder · 19/03/2023 17:18

Inn iss for the boys name En nez for the Turks name.

Lostmarblesfinder · 19/03/2023 17:17

The boys name Innes sound different to my ear. Also a lovely name.

8stone13 · 19/03/2023 17:16

Beautiful name

IBelieveInAThingCalledScience · 19/03/2023 17:14

I'm Portuguese so it's a normal name to me, but here in Scotland people would assume it's a boy's name.

pamshortsbrokenbothherlegs · 19/03/2023 17:11

I love it, it's gorgeous. Was on my list but DH felt it would be strange to use as we have no French/Spanish/Portuguese ancestry; however sometimes DD's name (Enid) gets misheard as Ines. 😆

Choconut · 19/03/2023 16:50

strawberry2017 · 19/03/2023 16:21

My first thought to!

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Although this was my first thought to (and the Ines on MAFS was vile!) I think it's quite a nice name but I think pronounced In-ess is much nicer than Ee-nez.

Luredbyapomegranate · 19/03/2023 16:37

I love it

Although in the UK it is usually said In-ess I think, so you’d have to be happy with that.

xJoy · 19/03/2023 16:27

There's no eñe over the n in Spanish Inés.

Inés Sastre, model, must be 50 by now, at least.

Roselilly36 · 19/03/2023 16:26

I like it lovely choice.

Tinytigertail · 19/03/2023 16:26

Sunnysunbun · 19/03/2023 15:48

Inès de la fressange style icon and super model.
I love the name it’s simple and beautiful.

Came on to say this, love her!

MeanderingGently · 19/03/2023 16:25

It's a beautiful name, it was the name of my Italian penfriend many eons ago, I went out to Italy to meet her and stay with her family (in the days when folk had penfriends and not online friends!!) It's an Italian name when spelled without the accent (but pronounced the same way) but I've never heard it since.
Go for it!

strawberry2017 · 19/03/2023 16:21

BernadetteIsMySister · 19/03/2023 15:41

MAFS AUS

My first thought to!

Blastosis · 19/03/2023 16:21

Inès de la Fressange- the style icon of my youth: endlessly elegant, cool, beautiful, which might be why I like the French version better than Spanish Iñez. My only reservation would be that your DD would be forever having to explain or correct the spelling and/or pronunciation- how would you feel about people calling her ‘eyenz’?

NameChange30 · 19/03/2023 16:21

FlounderingFruitcake · 19/03/2023 16:13

I know so many. It’s one of the most popular name for girls at DD’s school and I know younger nursery age ones too. It’s definitely having a moment.

Really? Hmm
In the latest ONS rankings it's at #449.
Perhaps your area has a very high number of European families? There's a reasonably high number of Europeans where I live (English city) but I haven't come across any other girls called Inès. It's hardly popular across the whole country.

IglesiasPiggl · 19/03/2023 16:19

It's a strong yet elegant name. I love it.

NameChange30 · 19/03/2023 16:15

I love it so much that I have one Smile we're a FR/EN family too. We've had a lot of compliments on it. I tell people the pronunciation rhymes with "finesse". We spell it Inès (the French way) and some people get the accent wrong but we don't mind too much.

FlounderingFruitcake · 19/03/2023 16:13

I know so many. It’s one of the most popular name for girls at DD’s school and I know younger nursery age ones too. It’s definitely having a moment.

ancientgran · 19/03/2023 16:11

Love it.