Irene (given name)

Irene (Ειρήνη), sometimes written Irini, is derived from εἰρήνη, the Greek word 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 Saint Irene).

Variants

 * Arina (Russian)
 * Arisha (Russian)
 * Eireen (English, Irish)
 * Eirena (English)
 * Eirene (English, Greek)
 * Eirini (Greek)
 * Eraina (English)
 * Erayna (English)
 * Erea  (Galicia)
 * Erene (English)
 * Ereni (Greek)
 * Eriny (Greek, similar to the pronunciation of)
 * Ira (Indonesian, Russian, Ukrainian)
 * Ireen (English)
 * Iren (English) (Indonesian)
 * Irén (Hungarian)
 * Irena (Albanian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian)
 * Irene (Dutch, English, Italian, Latvian, Spanish, Portuguese)
 * Irène (French)
 * Irenea (Spanish)
 * Irenka (Czech, Polish, Slovak)
 * Iria (Galician, Portuguese)
 * Iriana (English)
 * Iriana, Irene (Indonesian)
 * Iriena (English)
 * Irin (English)
 * Irini (Albanian)
 * Irina (Bulgarian, Finnish, Romanian, Russian)
 * Irine (English)
 * Irina (Russian, Romanian)
 * Irinka (Russian)
 * Irishka (Russian, Ukrainian)
 * Irinushka (Russian)
 * Irisha (Russian)
 * Irja (Finnish)
 * Irka (Czech)
 * Iryna (English, Ukrainian)
 * Irynka (Ukrainian)
 * Irynochka (Ukrainian)
 * Reeni (English)
 * Reeny (English)
 * Rena (English, Indonesian, Greek)
 * Rene (English)
 * Reney (English)
 * Reni (English, Indonesian)
 * Renie (English)
 * Rina (Indonesian, Russian)
 * Yarina (Russian)
 * Yaryna (Ukrainian)
 * Yeran (Armenian)
 * Yeranouhi (Armenian)

People with the given name

 * 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
 * Irene of Hungary (1088–1134), empress consort of John II Komnenos of the Byzantine Empire
 * Irene Angelina (fl. late 1100s)
 * Irene Dushmani (15th century), Albanian Princess of Zadrima and Pult
 * Irene Shpata (14th century) Albanian Princess of Arta and Despotess consort of Epirus
 * Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (1904–1974), later Duchess of Aosta, Queen of Croatia
 * Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (born 1942)
 * Princess Irene of the Netherlands (born 1939)
 * Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866–1953)
 * Saint Irene (disambiguation), various saints
 * Eirene (artist), ancient Greek artist
 * Irene (singer) (born 1991), South Korean singer
 * Irene Agyepong, Ghanaian public health physician
 * Irene Alexander, Australian spiritual director, writer and lecturer
 * Irene Kataq Angutitok (1914–1971), Inuit sculptor
 * Irene Bedard (born 1967), Native American actress
 * Irene Bertschek, German economist
 * Irene Borrego (born 2001), Mexican weightlifter
 * Irene Bosch, Venezuelan biologist and researcher
 * Irene Bridger (21st century), Canadian singer
 * Irene Broe (1923–1992), Irish sculptor
 * Irene Cara (1959–2022), 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 Dallas (1883–1971), British suffragette
 * Irene Diaz, American singer-songwriter
 * Irene Dick (born 1949), Curaçaoan politician
 * Irene Dölling (born 1942), German sociologist
 * Irene Dunne (1898–1990), American actress
 * Irene Eastman (1894-1918), American singer
 * Irene Edgar (born 1957), Scottish lawn bowler
 * Irene Eijs (born 1966), Dutch rower
 * Irene Emery (1900–1981), American art historian, scholar, curator, textile anthropologist, sculptor, and modern dancer
 * Irini Georgatou (b. 1990), Greek tennis player
 * Irini Giannatou (1917–2000), birth name of Greek actress and singer Rena Dor
 * Irini Qirjako (b. 1950), Albanian folk singer
 * Irene Gifford, American politician
 * Irene Gilbert (1934–2011), German-American actress
 * Irene Gilbert (swimmer) (1903–1988), British swimmer
 * Irene Gilbert (fashion designer) (c. 1910 – 1985), Irish fashion designer
 * Irene Hays (born 1953/1954), British civil servant and businesswoman
 * Irene Haines, American politician and businesswoman from Connecticut
 * Irene Hunt, American children's writers
 * Irene ʻĪʻī Brown Holloway, Hawaiian philanthropist
 * 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 (1901–1962), American fashion and film costume designer, known simply as "Irene"
 * Irène Lidova, (1907–2002), Russian-French dance critic
 * Irene Luxbacher (born 1970), Canadian artist, author and illustrator
 * Irene Manjeri, Ugandan pastor
 * Irene McAra-McWilliam, British design researcher and Director of the Glasgow School of Art
 * Irene Ovonji-Odida (born 1964), Ugandan lawyer, politician, and women's rights activist
 * Irene Papas (1929–2022), Greek actress
 * Irene Piotrowski (1941–2020), Lithuanian-Canadian athlete
 * Irene Pijoan (1953–2004), Swiss-born American painter, sculptor, and educator
 * Irini Psyhrami, Greek pop singer
 * Irene Rousseau (born 1941), American artist
 * Irene Ryan (1902–1973), American actress
 * Irene Saez (born 1961), Venezuelan politician and former Miss Universe
 * Irene Skliva (born 1978), Miss World 1996
 * Iréne Slättengren (born 1952), Swedish equestrian
 * Irene Tedrow (1907–1995), American character actress
 * Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
 * Irene van Dyk (born 1972), New Zealand netball player
 * Irene Vernon (1922–1998), American actress
 * Irene Sue Vernon, American professor
 * Mother Irini (1936–2006), Egyptian abbess