Irene (given name)
 Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace. | |
| Pronunciation | /aɪˈriːn/ eye-REEN; /aɪˈriːni/ eye-REEN-ee |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | peace |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Arina, Eirene, Iren, Irena, Irina, Rina |
Irene (Greek: Ειρήνη- Eirēnē), sometimes written Irini, is derived from εἰρήνη, the Greek word for "peace".[1] Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace.[2] Irene was also the name of an 8th-century Byzantine empress (Irene of Athens), as well as the name of several saints (see Saint Irene).
Variants[]
- Arina (Russian)
- Arisha (Russian)
- Eireen (English, Irish)
- Eirena (English)
- Eirene (English, Greek)
- Eirini (Greek)
- Eraina (English)
- Erayna (English)
- Erene (English)
- Ereni (Greek)
- Eriny (Greek, similar to the pronunciation of)
- Ira (Russian, Ukrainian)
- Ireen (English)
- Iren (English)
- Irén (Hungarian)
- Irena (Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian)
- Irene (English, Italian, Latvian, Spanish, Portuguese)
- Irène (French)
- Irenea (Spanish)
- Irenka (Czech, Polish, Slovak)
- Iria (Galician, Portuguese)
- Iriana (English)
- Iriena (English)
- Irin (English)
- Irina (Bulgarian, Finnish, Romanian, Russian)
- Irine (English)
- Irina (Romanian)
- Irinka (Russian, Ukrainian)
- Irinushka (Russian)
- Irisha (Russian, Ukrainian)
- Irja (Finnish)
- Irka (Czech)
- Iryna (English, Ukrainian)
- Reeni (English)
- Reeny (English)
- Rena (English, Greek)
- Rene (English)
- Reney (English)
- Reni (English)
- Renie (English)
- Rina (Russian)
- Yarina (Russian)
- Yaryna (Ukrainian)
- Yeran (Armenian)
- Yeranouhi (Armenian)
- Iryna (Ukrainian)
- Irynka (Ukrainian)
- Irynochka (Ukrainian)
- Irishka (Russian, Ukrainian)
People with the given name[]
- Irene, baptismal name of Tzitzak (died 750), wife of Byzantine Emperor Constantine V
- Irene of Athens (c. 752–803), wife of Byzantine Emperor Leo IV and empress regnant, 797–802
- Irene of Hungary (1088–1134), empress consort of John II Komnenos of the Byzantine Empire
- Irene Angelina (fl. late 1100s)
- Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (1904–1974), later Duchess of Aosta, Queen of Croatia
- Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (born 1942)
- Princess Irene of the Netherlands (born 1939)
- Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866–1953)
- Saint Irene (disambiguation), various saints
- Eirene (artist), ancient Greek artist
- Irene (singer) (born 1991), South Korean singer
- Irene Bedard (born 1967), Native American actress
- Irene Bridger (21st century), Canadian singer
- Irene Broe (1923–1992), Irish sculptor
- Irene Cara (born 1959), American singer, songwriter, and actress
- Irene Castle (1893–1969), half of the ballroom dance team of Vernon and Irene Castle
- Irene Charnley (born 1960), South African businesswoman
- Irene Chepet Cheptai (born 1992), Kenyan distance runner
- Irene Dallas (1883-1971), British suffragette
- Irene Dick (born 1949), Curaçaoan politician
- Irene Dunne (1898–1990), American actress
- Irene Edgar (born 1957), Scottish lawn bowler
- Irene Eijs (born 1966), Dutch rower
- Irini Georgatou (b. 1990), Greek tennis player
- Irini Giannatou (1917-2000), birth name of Greek actress and singer Rena Dor
- Irene Gilbert (1934–2011), German-American actress
- Irene Gilbert (swimmer) (1903–1988), British swimmer
- Irene Gilbert (fashion designer) (c.1910–1985), Irish fashion designer
- Irene Hays (born 1953/1954), British civil servant and businesswoman
- Irene Haines, American politician and businesswoman from Connecticut
- Irene Hunt, American children's writers
- Irene ʻĪʻī Brown Holloway, Hawaiian philanthropist
- Irene Jacob (born 1966), French-born Swiss actress
- Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956), French scientist
- Irini Karra, Greek fashion model
- Eirini Kavarnou, Greek swimmer
- Irene de Kok (born 1963), Dutch judoka
- Irene Lentz (1901–1962), American fashion and film costume designer, known simply as "Irene"
- Irène Lidova, (1907–2002), Russian-French dance critic
- Irene McAra-McWilliam, British design researcher and Director of the Glasgow School of Art
- Irene Papas (born 1926 or 1929), Greek actress
- Irene Piotrowski (born 1941), Lithuanian-Canadian athlete
- Irini Psyhrami, Greek pop singer
- Irene Ryan (1902–1973), American actress
- Irene Saez (born 1961), Venezuelan politician and former Miss Universe
- Irene Skliva (born 1978), Miss World 1996
- Iréne Slättengren (born 1952), Swedish equestrian
- Irene Tedrow (1907–1995), American character actress
- Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
- Irene van Dyk (born 1972), New Zealand netball player
- Mother Irini (1936–2006), Egyptian Abbess
References[]
- ^ Gauche, Isebell (3 February 2012). The A to Z of Names (Revised and Expanded Edition): Discover the promise your name holds!. Struik Christian Media. ISBN 978-1-4153-1626-9.
- ^ Daly, Kathleen N.; Rengel, Marian (2009). Greek and Roman Mythology, A to Z. Infobase Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-4381-2800-9.
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