Iris (given name)
Iris is a feminine given name derived from the Greek Ιρις, meaning "rainbow." Iris was the Greek goddess of the rainbow. The word is also used to refer to the iris, a part of the eye, and to the genus of flower called the iris.[1]
Iris was the 15th most popular name for baby girls born in the Netherlands in 2007[2], was the 221st most popular name given to baby girls in England and Wales in 2007[3] and was the 315th most popular name given to baby girls born in the United States in 2007. It has ranked in the top 100 names given to baby girls in Slovenia and in Catalonia during the past decade.[4] Iris may refer to:
People
- Iris Adrian (1912-1994), American actress
- Iris von Arnim (born 1945), German fashion designer
- Iris Barry (1895-1969), American film critic
- Iris Berben (born 1950), German actress
- Iris Chacón (born 1950), Puerto Rican entertainer
- Iris Chang (1968-2004), American historian
- Iris DeMent (born 1961), American singer
- Iris Habib Elmasry (1910-1994), Egyptian historian
- Iris Evans (born 1942), Canadian politician
- Iris Gower (born 1939), Welsh novelist
- Iris Häussler (born 1962), German artist
- Iris Johansen (born 1938), American author
- Iris Kyle (born 1974), American bodybuilder
- Iris Meredith (1915-1980), American actress
- Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), British novelist
- Iris Ovshinsky (1927-2006), American businesswoman
- Iris Robinson (born 1949), Northern Irish politician
- Iris Yamashita (born 1966), American screenwriter
- Iris Marion Young (1949-2006), American political scientist
- Iris Yim, (1983-?), Chinese Geologist
See also
References