In my history class, we recently watched Iron Jawed Angels, the movie about the National Women’s Party. After hearing [name_f]Inez[/name_f] Milholland’s name, I fell in love with it lol. I also love how much of a figure [name_f]Inez[/name_f] was in the suffrage movement, so it is easily becoming one of my favorite names at the moment.
However, I found at there are several variations of the name: [name_f]Inez[/name_f], [name_f]Ines[/name_f], [name_f]Ynez[/name_f], [name_f]Ynes[/name_f]. After seeing the other ones, [name_f]Inez[/name_f] kind of looks like a misspelling to me? [name_f]Ynes[/name_f] looks more complete… What do you guys think? What is your preferred variation?
Well, in portuguese, [name_f]Ines[/name_f] (actually, Inês, but [name_f]Ines[/name_f] will do) is the correct version. To me, [name_f]Inez[/name_f] and [name_f]Ynes[/name_f] look misspelled, especially [name_f]Ynes[/name_f].
My cousin is called [name_f]Ines[/name_f] and its my favourite spelling. It’s pronounced In-ez and I think [name_f]Ines[/name_f] is the traditional spelling.
I prefer [name_f]Ines[/name_f] with a soft S. I say “EEE-ness” when spelled [name_f]Ines[/name_f]. I say “Eh-nezz” when spelled [name_f]Inez[/name_f]. You can probably say it either way for either spelling.
My [name_m]SIL[/name_m] is named [name_f]Ines[/name_f]. We pronounce it with a soft “s.”
I am inclined to prefer this spelling, because it looks prettier to me, but for pronunciation purposes I think [name_f]Inez[/name_f] paints a clearer picture.
I really like [name_f]Ines[/name_f] and honestly have never seen a Y version before.
The Y looks odd to me and really does feel misspelled. I personally prefer the s to the z because it seems more authentic to the names origins but also because it looks and feels softer to me.
[name_f]Ines[/name_f] is the only spelling I know. It’s getting quite popular where I’m from. I personally know of 6 [name_f]Ines[/name_f]'s all with that spelling.