Irene (given name)

Irene is a female first name. The corresponding male first name is Irenaeus.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

Greek - Latin, the Peaceful ' (Greek Eirene εἰρήνη ' peace ' ); comes from the Greek goddess of peace Eirene ( ngr. Irini ).

Name-day

  • January 22 ( Irene of Rome († 288 ) )
  • February 21 ( Irene of Rome († 379 ) )
  • April 1 and April 3 partly specified ( Irene of Thessalonica († 304) )
  • May 5 ( Irini from Greece, Irene of Thessalonica († 310) / Irene of Constantinople Opel )
  • August 9 ( Irene of Byzantium )
  • 20 October ( Irene of Portugal)

Variants

  • Airine, Lithuanian
  • Eyrin ( Irish)
  • Ina, Inna
  • Ini, Iri
  • Irish, Ireen
  • Irena (Albanian, Greek, Croatian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovak, Sorbian, Czech)
  • Irenica
  • Irenli
  • Irina (Russian Ирина ), Iryna (White Russian Ірына, Ukrainian Ірина ) Irinka, Irischa ( - ka), Irochka, Irutscha, Iratschka, Irtschgi, Irinuschka
  • Irinchik
  • Irindja
  • Irini ( Ειρήνη Greek)
  • Irinotschka
  • Eirka
  • Irtschik
  • Irucha
  • Irulja
  • Irunsik
  • Irusik
  • Rina ( Ρήνα Greek), Rinaki ( Ρηνάκι Greek), Rinula ( Ρηνούλα Greek)

Famous names winners

  • Irene of Rome († 288 ), Saints, widow of the Holy Kastulus
  • Irene of Rome († 379 ) ( ~ 349/350- ~ 379 ), Saints, sister of Pope Damasus I.
  • Irene of Thessalonica († 304), martyr of Aquileia
  • Irene of Thessalonica († 310) ( Irene of Constantinople Opel ), martyr of Thessaloniki
  • Irene of Portugal ( † ~ 673), Holy
  • Irene of Athens ( 752-803 ), first reigning Byzantine empress ( 797-802 )
  • Piroska of Hungary (1088-1135), as a Byzantine Empress Irene, is venerated as a saint
  • Irene Palaiologina ( Trebizond ) ( ~ 1315 - after 1341 ), Empress of Trebizond
  • Irene Palaiologina ( Byzantine) († ~ 1391 ), wife of Byzantine Emperor
  • Irene of Byzantium (* 1177 or 1180/81, † 1208), German Queen, Irene of Swabia
  • Irene of Greece (1904-1974), Greek Princess and Duchess of Aosta
  • Irene of Orange- Nassau ( b. 1957 ), Princess of the Netherlands
  • Irene Cara ( born 1959 ), American singer and actress
  • Mary Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale ( 1896-1966 ), British nobleman and member of the House of Lords
  • Irene Weller Hoff (born 1954 ), German film producer
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