The first name of the day: Inès
Origin of the first name
The first name Inès comes from the Greek agnos and means "chaste, pure". This first name is carried by about 77,000 people and is in the top 50 national. Indeed the first name Inès should settle at 7th rank of the French charts in 2012. We celebrate the Ines on September 10th.
History
This first name is the Spanish version of Agnès. In the 7th Saint Ines Takeya was a Japanese who converted to Christianity but it was executed in 1622 because it would have hosted Catholic missionaries. Also found in the fourteenth century, Ines de Castro. She was one of the maids of honor of Constance of Castile, and mistress and wife of Don Pedro of Portugal, son of King Alfonso IV. But some time later he murdered Ines due to adulterous problems and to keep the rights of the heir. Inès de Castro became "La Reine Morte" and moreover, the playwright Henry de Montherlant (1895-1972) was inspired by this historical drama to write his play, The Dead Queen (1942). this first name began to spread in France in the late 1980s.
Character
Inès is a determined young woman with a very sure instinct, serving great ambitions. In love Inès is very faithful and in her professional life she is generous.
The first name Inès comes from the Greek agnos and means "chaste, pure". This first name is carried by about 77,000 people and is in the top 50 national. Indeed the first name Inès should settle at 7th rank of the French charts in 2012. We celebrate the Ines on September 10th.
History
This first name is the Spanish version of Agnès. In the 7th Saint Ines Takeya was a Japanese who converted to Christianity but it was executed in 1622 because it would have hosted Catholic missionaries. Also found in the fourteenth century, Ines de Castro. She was one of the maids of honor of Constance of Castile, and mistress and wife of Don Pedro of Portugal, son of King Alfonso IV. But some time later he murdered Ines due to adulterous problems and to keep the rights of the heir. Inès de Castro became "La Reine Morte" and moreover, the playwright Henry de Montherlant (1895-1972) was inspired by this historical drama to write his play, The Dead Queen (1942). this first name began to spread in France in the late 1980s.
Character
Inès is a determined young woman with a very sure instinct, serving great ambitions. In love Inès is very faithful and in her professional life she is generous.
