Inez is a feminine given name. It is the English spelling of the Spanish and Portuguese name Inés/Inês/Inez, the forms of the

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" Agnes". The name is pronounced as , , or Agnes is a woman's given name, which derives from the Greek word hagnē, meaning "pure" or "holy". The Latinized form of the Greek name is Hagnes, the feminine form of Hagnos, meaning "chaste" or "sacred".

People

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Inez Inez is a feminine given name. It is the English spelling of the Spanish and Portuguese name Inés/Inês/Inez, the forms of the given name " Agnes". The name is pronounced as , , or . Agnes is a woman's given name, which derives from the Greek w ...

(Tina Inez Gavilanes Granda, born 1977), Danish singer *

Inéz Ines Reingold-Tali, known by her stage names Inéz, Inèz or Inez, is an Estonian atalogue Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea di Firenze. p. 612/ref> new media artist, musician, composer and writer on sound art, noise, electro ...

(Ines Reingold-Tali), Estonian musician and artist *

Inez Knight Allen Amanda Inez Knight Allen (September 8, 1876 – June 5, 1937) was a Mormon missionary and a Utah politician. In 1898, she became one of the first two single women to be missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ...

(1876–1937), American Mormon missionary and politician *

Inez Andrews Sister Inez Andrews, born Inez McConico (April 14, 1929 – December 19, 2012) and better known as Inez Andrews, was an American gospel singer. Her soaring, wide-ranging voice — from contralto croon to soul-wrenching wail — made her a pillar ...

(1929–2012), American singer *

V. Inez Archibald Vivian Inez Archibald CBE (born 1 February 1945) is a British Virgin Islander politician and businesswoman who has served as the Deputy Governor of the British Virgin Islands since September 2008. On 21 August 2008, Meg Munn, who held the Briti ...

(born 1945), British Virgin Islander politician and businesswoman * Inez Asher (1911–2006), American novelist and television writer *

Mildred Inez Caroon Bailey Mildred Inez Bailey ( Caroon; April 18, 1919 – July 18, 2009) was a United States Army officer, who served as the eighth director of the Women's Army Corps from August 1971 until July 1975. She was the third woman in United States Army to rea ...

(1919–2009), American military commander * Inez Barbour Hadley (1879–1971), American soprano singer *

Inez Barron Inez Barron (née Smith) (born February 16, 1946) is an American educator and politician who served in the New York City Council for the 42nd district from 2014 to 2021. She is a Democrat. The district includes Broad Channel, Brownsville, Canars ...

, American politician * Inez Baskin (1916–2007), American journalist * Inez Clough (1873–1933), American actress * Inez Courtney (1908–1975), American actress *

Emily Inez Denny Emily Inez Denny (December 23, 1853 - August 23, 1918) was a painter who drew scenes from Seattle's early history, along with landscapes of the Puget Sound region. Her parents were Seattle pioneers David Denny (1832-1903) and Louisa Boren Denny ...

(1853–1918), American painter * Inez Dickens, American politician * Inez Fabbri (1931–1909), Austrian American singer * Inez Fischer-Credo (born 1928), Canadian equestrian *

Inez De Florio-Hansen Inez De Florio (born 1943) is a German applied Linguistics, linguist and educational psychologist whose work focuses on science-oriented teaching and learning with particular reference to multilingualism and intercultural competence. She is a pro ...

(born 1943), German linguist *

Inez Foxx Inez Foxx (September 9, 1937 – August 25, 2022) and her elder brother Charlie Foxx (October 23, 1933 – September 18, 1998) were an American rhythm and blues and soul duo from Greensboro, North Carolina. Inez sang lead vocal, while Charli ...

(1937–2022), American singer * Inez Fung (born 1949), American climatologist * Inez García (1941–2003), American feminist *

Inez M. Haring Inez Maria Haring (née Inez Maria Eccleston) (October 12, 1875 - June 5, 1968) was an American botanist and plant collector, best known for her work in bryology as the Assistant Honorary Curator of Mosses at the New York Botanical Garden beginnin ...

, (1875-1968) US botanist * Inez Hogan (1895–1973), American writer and illustrator *

Inez Haynes Irwin Inez Haynes Irwin (March 2, 1873 – September 25, 1970) was an American feminist author, journalist, member of the National Women's Party, and president of the Authors Guild. Many of her works were published under her former name Inez Haynes ...

(1873–1970), American author and politician * Inez James (1919–1993), American composer *

Inez Y. Kaiser Inez Yeargan Kaiser (April 22, 1918 – July 31, 2016) was an American educator, public relations expert, and entrepreneur. She was the first African-American woman to run a public relations company with national clients. Early life and education ...

(1918–2016), American entrepreneur * Inez van Lamsweerde (born 1963), Dutch photographer *

Inez McCormack Inez McCormack (née Murphy; 28 September 1943 – 21 January 2013) was a Northern Irish trade union leader and human rights activist. She was the first female president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (1999 to 2001), representing the UNI ...

(1943–2013), Northern Irish trade union leader and human rights activist *

Inez Milholland Inez Milholland Boissevain (August 6, 1886 – November 25, 1916) was a leading American suffragist, lawyer, and peace activist. From her college days at Vassar, she campaigned aggressively for women’s rights as the principal issue of a wide ...

(1886–1916), American suffragist * Inez Palange (1889–1962), American actress *

Inez Pearn Marie Agnes Pearn (1913–1976), known as Inez Pearn and by the pen name Elizabeth Lake, was a British novelist who was acclaimed for her "remorseless interest in emotional truth", her "formidable ... characterisation", and her ability to evoke pl ...

(1913-1976), English novelist *

Inez Pijnenburg W.R.J.M. "Inez" Pijnenburg-Adriaenssen (born 13 May 1949) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Pijnenburg was a member of the States-Provincial of Gelderland from 1999 to 2002. She was an alderman of Ar ...

(born 1949), Dutch politician *

Inez Plummer Inez Plummer (between 1884 and 1887 – October 1964) was a Syracuse, New York native''The Stage'', Munsey's Magazine, 1914, pg. 106. and a leading lady of the Burbank, California repertory theatre, stock company, in the second decade of the ...

, American actress * Inez Beverly Prosser (1895–1934), American psychologist *

Inez Storer Inez Mary Romanoff (, formerly Storer; born October 11, 1933), known as Inez Storer, is an American painter and mixed-media artist who creates work in the magical realism genre. Biography Storer was born in Santa Monica, California, on October ...

(born 1933), American painter *

Inez Tenenbaum Inez Moore Tenenbaum (born March 8, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician who served as South Carolina Superintendent of Education and as Chair of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. In 2016 she joined a law firm. She is a m ...

(born 1951), American attorney *

Inez Trueman Inez Geneva Trueman (April 8, 1917 – August 22, 2015) (née Gandrud) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Manitoba legislature from 1969 to 1973, and later ran for the House of Common ...

(1917–2015), Canadian politician *

Inez Turner Inez Turner (born January 3, 1972 in Trelawny Parish) is a retired female sprinter and middle-distance runner from Jamaica. Career In 1991 she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 1991 CARIFTA Games. ...

(born 1972), Jamaican sprinter *

Inez Clare Verdoorn Inez Clare Verdoorn (15 June 1896 – 2 April 1989) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, noted for her major revisions of plant families and genera. She is also a niece of Eugène Marais, Eugene Nielen Marais, lawyer, Natural history, na ...

(1896–1989), South African botanist and taxonomist * Inez Viegas (born 1970), Brazilian actress *

Inez Voyce Inez Ferne Voyce (August 16, 1924 – July 26, 2022), nicknamed Lefty, was a first basewoman who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 148 lb., she batted and threw left-handed. Early ...

(1924–2022), American baseball player * Inez Bjørg David (born 1982), a Danish actress and TV presenter working in Germany ;Surname *

Colette Inez Colette Inez (June 3, 1931 – January 16, 2018) was an American poet and a faculty member at Columbia University’s Undergraduate Writing Program. She published ten poetry collections and won the Guggenheim Fellowship, Rockefeller Fellowship, ...

(1931–2018), American poet * Maycon Carvalho Inez (born 1986), Brazilian footballer * Mike Inez (born 1962), American bass guitarist * Romain Inez (born 1988), French footballer

Characters

* Inez, the character played by

Lumi Cavazos Luz Maria Cavazos (born 21 December 1968) is a Mexican actress. She won Best Actress awards at the Tokyo Film Festival, and Brazil's Festival de Gramado for her portrayal of "Tita" in '' Like Water for Chocolate''. The film received the attentio ...

in ''

Bottle Rocket ''Bottle Rocket'' is a 1996 American crime comedy film directed by Wes Anderson in his feature film directorial debut. The film is written by Anderson and Owen Wilson and is based on Anderson's 1994 short film of the same name. ''Bottle Rocket' ...

'' * Inez, the character played by Sofía Vergara in ''

Chef A chef is a trained professional cook and tradesman who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term ''chef de cuisine'' (), the director or head of a kitche ...

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, a character from the PBS children's animated TV series ''Cyberchase'' * Inez, the character played by Rachel McAdams in ''

Midnight in Paris ''Midnight in Paris'' is a 2011 fantasy comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. Set in Paris, the film follows Gil Pender (Owen Wilson), a screenwriter, who is forced to confront the shortcomings of his relationship with his materialis ...

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Inez Salinger This is a list of characters from the ABC Daytime–Prospect Park (production company), Prospect Park soap opera, ''One Life to Live'', that began their run between the beginning of 2010 and the final cancelation of the show. Tomás Delgado T ...

, a character from the American soap opera ''

One Life to Live ''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes ...

'' * Inès Serrano, a character in Jean-Paul Sartre's ''

No Exit ''No Exit'' (french: Huis clos, links=no, ) is a 1944 existentialist French play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The play was first performed at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in May 1944. The play begins with three characters who find themselves waiting ...

'' * Little Inez Stubbs, the character from ''

Hairspray Hairspray may refer to: * Hair spray, a personal grooming product that keeps hair protected from humidity and wind * ''Hairspray'' (1988 film), a film by John Waters ** ''Hairspray'' (1988 soundtrack), the film's soundtrack album ** ''Hairspray ...

'' (2007) played by

Taylor Parks Taylor, Taylors or Taylor's may refer to: People * Taylor (surname) **List of people with surname Taylor * Taylor (given name), including Tayla and Taylah * Taylor sept, a branch of Scottish clan Cameron * Justice Taylor (disambiguation) Plac ...

* Inez Temple, the superhero known as

Outlaw An outlaw, in its original and legal meaning, is a person declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, all legal protection was withdrawn from the criminal, so that anyone was legally empowered to persecute or kill them ...

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

* Inez Victor, née Christian, character in Joan Didion's ''Democracy'' * Inez Wong, the mother of Amy Wong on the TV series ''

Futurama ''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of the professional slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years a ...

'' * Inez, a doll from the Groovy Girls doll line by Manhattan Toy

Other

* Hurricane Inez, A destructive Category 5 Atlantic Hurricane that impacted the Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, and Mexico, killing over 1,000 people in 1966. {{Given name, type=both Feminine given names Portuguese feminine given names Spanish feminine given names it:Ines pl:Inez pt:Inês