How do you say Ines?

[LadyPug]

A friend just named her daughter this and I meet her tomorrow! How do you pronounce it?!

I'm UK based and my previous post is how it's said around where I am.

I know of people spelling it every way I stated and it's pronounced as I've stated.

It's a hard one as Scottish / Spanish pronouncations are very similar as are the spellings. Perhaps easier to just ask? Or wait until someone else says it lol xx

According to Google there's another way...

Ines
Gender: F
Pronunciation: ee-NEZ
Meaning of Ines: "pure, virginal"

😂 like I say I think it depends on what variation of the name she has picked (ie. Spanish, Scottish etc) It would seem the sounds and spelling of the variations get muddled?

Inn-ezzz - at least that's how the English one I know pronounces it.

There is no scottish variation because it is not a scottish name.

Innes is, but that's not the same.

That's what I mean about all the variations and sounds getting muddled...

To my understanding Inez/Ines was Spanish. But I've heard those spellings get used with the Scottish sound before and vise versa.

Innes is the Scottish version to me, but I may be wrong, and to me it's Inn-Ness.

Definitely think you're best to double check OP

Yes but Innes and Ines are not the same name, that's my point.

Ee-nez, but I wouldn't probably stress the Nez as much as a real Spanish person.

The boys' name is usually spelt with 2 ns and pronounced In-niss (stress on the In).

Yet... They are used the same. That's my point. People often use Innes but say Ines, or use Ines and say Innes etc etc which is why it's best to ask. I'm trying to say there is a lot of complication around the name. I should know too, i grew up with a variation on it. I deal with it daily.

I wouldn't probably stress the Nez as much as a real Spanish person

Real Spanish people don't stress Nez at all, unless it's spelt Inez.

Eye-nez would be correct.

Eye-nez would be correct.

No it definitely wouldn't.

I've taught three, all definitely pronounced like inn-ezz (the i sound is longer than in but not quite een). All three were from Latin American rather than Spanish backgrounds though which may well be relevant.

I've only heard this mentioned in Hairspray before, and it was Eye-nez 🙈

I think there is probably a lot of variation, best just to ask OP. I know a Ineez, pronounced In-eees, probably because of the extra "e" it was an old family name, spelt and pronounced that way.

I knew a girl with this name, everybody called her ee-ness or ee-nez she didn't mind either, but pronounced it ee-ness herself

I've only ever known one and she pronounced it Ee-nez

BumFlap the thing is you can take any name these days and the parents will pronounce it however the hell they like. For all we know, the OP's friend pronounces it "Steve".

the thing is you can take any name these days and the parents will pronounce it however the hell they like. For all we know, the OP's friend pronounces it "Steve".

Sadly that wouldn't surprise me!!!

Breaking news everyone!!! She pronounces it In-nesss (last bit rhymes with mess but she puts emphasis on the in

Hope that helps!!

Steve! Pahahaha love this!

Thank fuck, she actually knows how it's said!!!!!!!

DD went to nursery with an Inez and an Ines. Pronounced differently. The mother of Ines was very clear that it was an ess sound at the end not ezz (I think she had a South American connection). It was not difficult to remember this after hearing/being told once.
I always liked both names.