Irina
Irina | |
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Pronunciation | Ee-ree-na |
Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name |
Bulgarian Russian Albanian Romanian Greek |
Meaning | Peace |
Other names | |
Related names |
Irene Arina |
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Irina is a Slavic feminine given name, meaning peace (from ancient Greek εἰρήνη).
Variant forms include Iryna and Arina.
People named Irina
- Irina Antonenko, Miss Russia 2010
- Irina Baskakova, Soviet track and field sprinter
- Irina-Camelia Begu, Romanian tennis player
- Irina Bespalova, Russian butterfly swimmer
- Irina Deleanu, Romanian former individual rhythmic gymnast
- Irina Ionesco, French photographer
- Irina Iordachescu, Romanian soprano opera singer
- Irina Khakamada, Russian politician
- Irina Kostyuchenkova, Ukrainian javelin thrower
- Irina Krush, chess player
- Irina Lashko, Russian-born Australian diver
- Irina Lazareanu, Romanian-born Canadian model
- Irina Livezeanu, Romanian-born American historian
- Irina Mikitenko, Kazakhstan-born German long-distance runner, former winner of both the Berlin and London marathons
- Irina Pantaeva, Siberian fashion model and actress
- Irina Podyalovskaya, Soviet middle distance runner
- Irina Press, Soviet 2x Olympic champion (80-m hurdles & pentathlon)
- Irina Rodnina, Soviet figure skater
- Irina Saari, Finnish pop singer, better known by her mononym Irina
- Irina Sharipova, fashion model, 1st runner-up at Miss Russia 2010. Contestant of Miss World 2010
- Irina Shayk, model originally from Russia
- Irina Slutskaya, Russian world champion figure skater
- Irina Tebenikhina, Russian volleyball player
- Irina Toneva, Russian pop singer
- Irina Ufimtseva, Russian freestyle swimmer
- Irina Voronina, Playboy Playmate originally from Russia
Nobility
Fictional characters
- Irina, the child protagonist in Magdalen Nabb's 'The Enchanted Horse'.
- Irina Derevko, KGB and Covenant terrorist, a main character in the Alias series
- Irina Palm, pseudonym of the main character in 2007 film of the same name
- Irina Spalko, a fictional Soviet Union KGB agent in the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Irina Clayton, a.k.a. Choir, a former member of the Xavier Institute student body and the Street Team X-Men in the Marvel Comics Universe
- Irina, One of the three sisters in Anton Chekhov's play 'Three Sisters'
- Irina Kerchenkov, a Russian model in Sarra Manning's Fashionistas book series
- Irina Denali, a member of the Denali coven in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
- Irina Shido, a fictional character from the Japanese light novel series High School DxD by Ichiei Ishibumi.
- The Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy, features a doll named Irina.
Geography
- Irina River, a Romanian tributary
- Irina, a village in Andrid Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania
See also
- All pages beginning with "Irina"
- All pages beginning with "Iryna"