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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
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
See also
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