Irene (given name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Irene

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caption=Eirene (Greek goddess)|Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace.
pronunciation=I-reen (English); I-reen-ee (English); ee-RE-nu (German)
gender = Female
meaning = peace
region =
origin = Greek
related names =
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Irene (Ειρήνη "Eirene"), sometimes written Irini, is the Greek for "peace". Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace. Irene was also the name of an 8th century Byzantine empress, as well as the name of several saints. 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. [ [http://www.behindthename.com/name/irene Behind the Name] ]

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)
*Ireen (English)
*Iren (English)
*Irén (Hungarian)
*Irena (Croatian), (Czech), (Dutch), (English), (Lithuanian), (Polish), (Russian), (Serbian), (Slovenian)
*Iréne (French)
*Irenea (Spanish)
*Irenee (English)
*Irenka (Czech), (Polish)
*Iria (Galician), (Portuguese)
*Iriana (English)
*Iriena (English)
*Irin (English)
*Irina (Bulgarian), (Finnish), (Macedonian), (Romanian), (Russian)
*Irine (English)
*Irini (Romanian), (Russian)
*Irinushka (Russian)
*Irisha (Russian)
*Irja (Finnish)
*Irka (Czech)
*Iryna (English), (Russian)
*Jereni (Russian)
*Nitsa (Russian)
*Reeni (English)
*Reeny (English)
*Rena (English), (Greek)
*Rene (English)
*Reney (English)
*Reni (English)
*Renie (English)
*Rina (Russian)
*Yarina (Russian)
*Yaryna (Russian)

Notes