📖 À propos Inez
Inez est la forme anglicisée de l'espagnol Inés et du latin Agnes, signifiant 'pure' et 'sainte'; particulièrement populaire dans le monde anglophone au début du XXe siècle, elle est honorée par la martyre suffragiste Inez Milholland, morte à 30 ans en militant pour le droit de vote des femmes.
📍 Détails
- OrigineSpanish
- Genre♀ Féminin
- SignificationVariant of Ines. Pure, holy (Spanish form of Agnes)
🔀 Variantes et Prénoms Associés
⭐ Personnes Célèbres
- Inez Milholland — American suffragist, lawyer, and activist (1886-1916); rode a white horse at the head of the 1913 suffrage parade in Washington DC, wearing white robes and a tiara; died at 30 during a cross-country speaking tour for women's suffrage, becoming a martyr of the movement; her last words — 'Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?' — became a rallying cry.
- Inez van Lamsweerde — Dutch fashion and fine art photographer (born 1963), one half of the celebrated duo Inez and Vinoodh (with Vinoodh Matadin); known for technically extraordinary, psychologically charged images that have graced the covers of Vogue, W, and other major publications; has photographed Madonna, Björk, Kate Moss, and many others.
- Inez Foxx — American soul and R&B singer (born 1942) best known for the 1963 duet Mockingbird, recorded with her brother Charlie Foxx; the song was later covered by Carly Simon and James Taylor; she was one of the pioneering female voices in early 1960s American soul music.
- Inez Haynes Gillmore — American journalist, novelist, and feminist (1873-1970) who was a founding member of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage and later wrote the first history of the American suffrage movement, The Story of the Woman's Party (1921); one of the most prolific and politically engaged women writers of her era.