Irene

Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη—the Greek for "peace". See Irene (given name).

Irene, Irina, Irini, Eirene, Eireni, or Ireen may refer to:

As a given name

Irene (Minecraft Diaries) is a Divine Warrior and is worshipped in the Ru'aun Region.

Mythical figures

Eirene (Greek goddess), one of the Horae
Eirene (daughter of Poseidon)

People

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
Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (born 1942)
Princess Irene of the Netherlands (born 1939)
Saint Irene (disambiguation), various saints
Eirene (artist), ancient Greek artist
Irene Bae (born 1991) Singer (Red Velvet)
Irene Bedard (born 1967), Native American actress
Irene Bridger (21st century), Canadian singer
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 Dick (born 1949), Curaçaoan politician
Irene Dunne (1898–1990), American actress
Irene Eijs (born 1966), Dutch rower
Irini Georgatou, Greek tennis player
Irini Giannatou, birth name of Greek actress and singer Rena Dor
Irene Hunt, American children's writers
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 (1900–1962), American clothing designer, better known in Hollywood as "Irene"
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 Tedrow (1907–1995), American character actress
Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
Irene van Dyk (born 1972), New Zealand netball player

Places

Irene, Gauteng, a small town in South Africa
Irene, South Dakota, United States, a town
Irene, Texas, United States, an unincorporated community
Irene, West Virginia
Lake Irene, a small lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States
Lake Irene, a lake in Minnesota
Eirini station, an ISAP metro station in Ano Maroussi, Greece
14 Irene, an asteroid

Storms and hurricanes

Tropical Storm Irene (1947), part of the 1940–49 Pacific typhoon seasons
Tropical Storm Irene (1959), caused minor damage to the Florida Panhandle
Hurricane Irene–Olivia, struck Nicaragua in 1971
Hurricane Irene (1981), part of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season, eventually struck France
Hurricane Irene (1999) passed over Cuba and inflicted much damage on Florida
Hurricane Irene (2005)
Hurricane Irene (2011), caused extensive damage to the Greater Antilles and the US East Coast—name was retired after 2011

Literature and entertainment

Films and anime

Irene (1926 film)
Irene (1940 film), an American film
Irene (2009 film), a French film
Eirene, a character in the anime SoltyRei
Irene, the female protagonist of the 2011 movie Drive
Irene, name of famous and bloody mission in Somalia, also seen in movie Black Hawk Down

In literature

Irene (play), a play written by Samuel Johnson between 1726 and 1749
Irene Redfield, a character in the novel Passing, by Nella Larsen
Irene, also known as The sleeper, a poem or Edgar Allan Poe
Irene Adler, a character in the Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia"
Irene Forsyte, a character in The Forsyte Saga
Irene Pollock, a character in the 44 Scotland Street series
Irene Van de Kamp, a character in the Good Girls (comics) series
Destiny (Irene Adler), a Marvel Comics character

In music

"Irene", a song by tobyMac on his album Momentum (TobyMac album)
Irene (musical), a 1919 Broadway musical
Irene, a character in the opera Tamerlano by Handel
Irene, a character in the opera Bajazet by Vivaldi
Irene, a song by Beach House
Irene, a song by mike oldfield on his album man on the rocks

In television

Irene the Concierge, character in the TV series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Irene Frederic, a character in the series Warehouse 13

*Irene, a character in Minecraft Diaries. A series on YouTube made by Aphmau

Ships

MV Eirini, a British refrigerated cargo liner in service from 1961 to 1970
MV Irene, a Greek-owned freighter
Irene-class cruiser, of the German Imperial Navy
- SMS Irene, a German protected cruiser in service from 1887 to 1921
Irene (sternwheeler), a steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet in the early 1900s
TSS Irene (1885), a steam turbine cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1885 to 1906
MV Irene SL, a Greek-owned supertanker
Irene (ketch), a sailing ship built in 1907 in Bridgwater
HMS Princess Irene

Other

Irene, in chemistry the hydrocarbon (CH₃)₄C₁₀H₈ formed by dehydration of irone
a rosemary cultivar