Irene (given name)

Irene
	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 (Ancient Greek: Ειρήνη, romanized: Eirḗnē), 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[edit]

Arina (Russian)
Arisha (Russian)
Eireen (English, Irish)
Eirena (English)
Eirene (English, Greek)
Eirini (Greek)
Eraina (English)
Erayna (English)
Erea (Galicia)
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 (Dutch, English, Italian, Latvian, Spanish, Portuguese)
Irène (French)
Irenea (Spanish)
Irenka (Czech, Polish, Slovak)
Iria (Galician, Portuguese)
Iriana (English)
Iriana, Irene (Indonesian)
Iriena (English)
Irin (English)
Irina (Bulgarian, Finnish, Romanian, Russian)
Irine (English)
Irina (Russian, Romanian)
Irinka (Russian)
Irishka (Russian, Ukrainian)
Irinushka (Russian)
Irisha (Russian)
Irja (Finnish)
Irka (Czech)
Iryna (English, Ukrainian)
Irynka (Ukrainian)
Irynochka (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)

People with the given name[edit]

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 Agyepong, Ghanaian public health physician
Irene Alexander, Australian spiritual director, writer and lecturer
Irene Kataq Angutitok (1914–1971), Inuit sculptor
Irene Bedard (born 1967), Native American actress
Irene Bertschek, German economist
Irene Borrego (born 2001), Mexican weightlifter
Irene Bosch, Venezuelan biologist and researcher
Irene Bridger (21st century), Canadian singer
Irene Broe (1923–1992), Irish sculptor
Irene Cara (1959–2022), 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 Diaz, American singer-songwriter
Irene Dick (born 1949), Curaçaoan politician
Irene Dölling (born 1942), German sociologist
Irene Dunne (1898–1990), American actress
Irene Edgar (born 1957), Scottish lawn bowler
Irene Eijs (born 1966), Dutch rower
Irene Emery (1900–1981), American art historian, scholar, curator, textile anthropologist, sculptor, and modern dancer
Irini Georgatou (b. 1990), Greek tennis player
Irini Giannatou (1917–2000), birth name of Greek actress and singer Rena Dor
Irene Gifford, American politician
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 Luxbacher (born 1970), Canadian artist, author and illustrator
Irene Manjeri, Ugandan pastor
Irene McAra-McWilliam, British design researcher and Director of the Glasgow School of Art
Irene Ovonji-Odida (born 1964), Ugandan lawyer, politician, and women's rights activist
Irene Papas (1929–2022), Greek actress
Irene Piotrowski (1941–2020), Lithuanian-Canadian athlete
Irene Pijoan (1953–2004), Swiss-born American painter, sculptor, and educator
Irini Psyhrami, Greek pop singer
Irene Rousseau (born 1941), American artist
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
Irene Vernon (1922–1998), American actress
Irene Sue Vernon, American professor
Mother Irini (1936–2006), Egyptian abbess

References[edit]

^ 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.

[1] 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.

[2] 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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