Irene

Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), the Greek for "peace".

Irene, and related names, may refer to:


 * Irene (given name)

Places

 * Irene, Gauteng, South Africa
 * Irene, South Dakota, United States
 * Irene, Texas, United States
 * Irene, West Virginia, United States
 * Irene Lake, Quebec, Canada
 * Lake Irene, a small lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States
 * Lake Irene, a lake in Minnesota, United States
 * Irene River (Opawica River tributary), a tributary of the Opawica River in Quebec, Canada
 * Irene River (New Zealand), a river of New Zealand
 * Eirini metro station, an Athens metro station in Ano Maroussi, Greece

Storms and hurricanes

 * Tropical Storm Irene (1947)
 * Tropical Storm Irene (1959)
 * Hurricane Irene–Olivia (1971)
 * Hurricane Irene (1981), part of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season
 * Hurricane Irene (1999)
 * Hurricane Irene (2005)
 * Hurricane Irene (2011)

Films and anime

 * Irene (1926 film), an American silent film
 * Irene (1940 film), an American film
 * Irene (2002 film), a French film
 * Irene (2009 film), a French film
 * Irina Jelavić, a character in the manga and anime Assassination Classroom
 * Eirene, a character in the anime SoltyRei
 * Irene, the female protagonist of the 2011 movie Drive
 * Irene Belserion, a character in the manga Fairy Tail
 * Irene Moffat, a character in the 1987 American fantasy comedy movie Harry and the Hendersons

Literature

 * Irene (play), a play written by Samuel Johnson between 1726 and 1749
 * Irène (tragedy), a 1778 play by Voltaire
 * "Irene", an 1831 poem by Edgar Allan Poe, also known as "The Sleeper"
 * Irene Adler, a character in the Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia"
 * Destiny (Irene Adler), a Marvel Comics character
 * Irene Redfield, a character in the novel Passing, by Nella Larsen
 * 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
 * Irene Kennedy, a character in multiple Mitch Rapp novels by Vince Flynn
 * Princess Irene, the heroine of The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
 * The eponymous protagonist of Irene Iddesleigh by Amanda McKittrick Ros

Music

 * Irene (musical), a 1919 Broadway musical
 * Irene (singer) (born 1991), South Korean entertainer and member of the girl group Red Velvet
 * Irene, a character in the opera Tamerlano by Handel
 * Irene, a character in the opera Bajazet by Vivaldi
 * "Irene", a song by Beach House on the 2012 album Bloom
 * "Irene", a song by Mike Oldfield on the 2014 album Man on the Rocks
 * "Irene", a song by tobyMac on the 2001 album Momentum

Television

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

Ships

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

Other uses

 * Irene of Athens, Byzantine empress from 797-802
 * Irene (singer), the stage name of Red Velvet's Bae Joo-hyun
 * Irene (costume designer), American fashion designer and costume designer
 * IRENE (technology), an optical method for playing sound recordings
 * 14 Irene, an asteroid
 * Irene, in chemistry the hydrocarbon (CH3)4C10H8 formed by dehydration of irone
 * A rosemary cultivar
 * A brand name of desipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant
 * Operation Irini, a European Union Naval Operation