Irene (given name)
| Irene | |
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Eirene (Greek goddess) | |
| Pronunciation | eye-reen (English); eye-REEN-ee (English) |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | peace |
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Irene (Ειρήνη Eirene), sometimes written Irini, is derived from εἰρήνη - the Greek for "peace". Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace. Irene was also the name of an 8th-century Byzantine empress (Irene of Athens), as well as the name of several saints (see Agape, Chionia, and Irene).
Irene was the sixth most popular name for girls in Spain in 2006. It was the 632nd most popular name for girls in the United States in 2007, down from 592nd place in 2006.[1]
Variants
- Arina (Russian)
- Arisha (Russian)
- Eireen (English, Irish)
- Eirena (English)
- Eirene (English, Ancient Greek, Greek)
- Eirini (Greek)
- Eraina (English)
- Erayna (English)
- Erene (English)
- Ereni (Greek)
- Ira (Russian, Ukrainian)
- Ireen (English)
- Iren (English)
- Irén (Hungarian)
- Irena (Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Lithuanian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian)
- Irene (English, Italian, Spanish)
- Irène (French)
- Irenea (Spanish)
- Irenka (Czech, Polish, Slovak)
- Iria (Galician, Portuguese)
- Iriana (English)
- Iriena (English)
- Irin (English)
- Irina (Bulgarian, Finnish, Romanian, Russian)
- Irine (English)
- Irini (Romanian)
- Irinka (Russian)
- Irinushka (Russian)
- Irisha (Russian)
- Irja (Finnish)
- Irka (Czech, Russian, Ukrainian)
- Iryna (English, Ukrainian)
- Jereni (Russian)
- Nitsa (Russian)
- 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)
Notes
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