The baby name Inessa is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced English: ih-NESS-ə (IPA: /ɪˈnɛsə/); Russian: ee-NESS-ah (IPA: /iˈnɛsə/).
Inessa is Slavic in Origin.
The baby name Inessa is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced English: ih-NESS-ə (IPA: /ɪˈnɛsə/); Russian: ee-NESS-ah (IPA: /iˈnɛsə/).
Inessa is Slavic in Origin.
Inessa is a Slavic and especially Russian feminine name, a form of Ines - the Spanish/Portuguese variant of Agnes - ultimately from Greek Hagne ("Hagnē") meaning "pure, chaste." Through the cult of Saint Agnes of Rome (4th century martyr), the name flourished across Christian Europe; Inessa entered Eastern Slavic use in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was boosted in the Soviet period, notably by the revolutionary Inessa Armand. It remains familiar in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and parts of the Baltics and Caucasus.
Variant forms and cognates include Ines, Inés, Inês, Inez, Inesa, Agnes, Agnès, Agnese, Agnieszka, and Agne. Russian usage sometimes shows Agnessa as a related form. Common nicknames are Nessa and Nessie. The meaning associated with all these forms centers on purity and innocence, often linked to the lamb symbolism of Saint Agnes.
| Inessa Armand Inessa Armand was a French-Russian communist politician and feminist best known for her leading role in the Bolshevik movement in Russia. An important figure in the pre-Revolution communist movement and the early Soviet era, she was largely overlooked for many years until the partial opening of Soviet archives in the 1990s brought renewed attention to her life and work. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE | 0 | #42 | 3 | 997 | |
| CY | 0 | #59 | 2 | 1,632 | |
| KZ | 0 | #86 | 9 | 1,452 | |
| LT | 0 | #88 | 1 | 949 | |
| MD | Girls | 0 | #88 | 5 | 865 |
| GE | Girls | 0 | #101 | 8 | 1,564 |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #117 | 9 | 3,755 |
| EE | Girls | 0 | #129 | 10 | 1,888 |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #134 | 2 | 1,786 |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #151 | 747 | 11,913 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #152 | 2 | 3,773 |
| RU | 0 | #161 | 29 | 3,641 | |
| CR | 0 | #164 | 2 | 5,526 | |
| Sweden | Girls | 2004 | #164 | 2 | 1,141 |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #177 | 1 | 2,769 |
| CZ | 0 | #186 | 1 | 3,154 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #190 | 1 | 4,850 |
| LT | Girls | 0 | #194 | 7 | 1,904 |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #210 | 125 | 5,862 |
| PS | 0 | #222 | 5 | 5,692 | |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #227 | 1 | 4,141 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #228 | 4 | 3,559 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #231 | 12 | 6,293 |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| IL | 0 | #278 | 5 | 6,291 | |
| SG | 0 | #280 | 3 | 11,010 | |
| Canada | Girls | 2021 | #282 | 9 | 2,910 |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #294 | 1 | 3,687 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #295 | 2 | 6,578 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #325 | 5 | 7,429 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #336 | 19 | 5,096 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #338 | 2 | 7,570 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #341 | 3 | 15,378 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #345 | 7 | 5,378 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #357 | 3 | 8,829 |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #381 | 11 | 1,368 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #396 | 10 | 3,185 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #418 | 106 | 10,981 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #434 | 189 | 11,648 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #522 | 5 | 12,621 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #538 | 8 | 8,334 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #543 | 11 | 20,968 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #558 | 3 | 11,671 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #572 | 2 | 11,342 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #626 | 7 | 18,916 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #647 | 4 | 16,104 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #682 | 57 | 3,895 |
| LB | 0 | #687 | 4 | 13,263 | |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #752 | 87 | 4,949 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #883 | 34 | 8,487 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #944 | 12 | 5,933 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #964 | 20 | 5,561 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #987 | 6 | 12,708 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,004 | 6 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,070 | 3 | 24,821 |
| TR | 0 | #1,190 | 22 | 19,440 | |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,355 | 92 | 9,415 |
Inessa is popular in 53 countries — most recent births per country:
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