Ines

Ines travels the Mediterranean with quiet elegance. It is the Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian form of Agnes, ultimately from the Greek hagnos, meaning pure or chaste, though the name passes through Latin agnus, lamb, picking up a second layer of soft symbolism. In Arabic-speaking North Africa, especially Morocco and Tunisia, Ines has become a widely chosen girls' name, ranked among the top choices in Tunisia in recent decades. Two syllables, the long ee opening into a soft ess, it feels at once French bookshop and Andalusian courtyard. Ines is a name that sounds like it knows how to sit still.