Irene

Irene \i-re-ne, ir-ene\ is a female's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Irene is pronounced AYRiyN in English or iyREHNah in German ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Irene: AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"

What is the origin of Irene?

Irene's origin is Old Greek, and its use, English, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish. The name Irene means 'peaceful'. Derived from the word eirene which is of the meaning 'peace'. The name was borne in Greek mythology by a minor goddess who was the personification of peace. It was also borne by an early Christian martyr and several Byzantine empresses. The name was adopted by English speakers in the late 19th century, however it was not until the early 20th century that the name enjoyed a pick-up in popularity, primarily due to the appearance of the character Irene Forsyte in the popular John Galsworthy Forsyte Saga series of novels (1906-1921). The name was previously pronounced in Greek convention as ay.R.IY.N.IY, but English adoption has modified the pronunciation to the modern two-syllable form. Irene is the feminine version of the German Irenäus pronounciation. The name Irene is used to a great extent; it has 57 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name comprise name Airini meaning, meaning of Eireen (also used in Gaelic and Irish), Eiren name popularity, name Eirena origin, Eirene definition (also used in Greek), nicknames for Erena, name Erene meaning, Herena meaning and origin, meaning of Irayna, Iren pronounciation (also used in Hungarian), nicknames for Irena (also used in Czech, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Russian, Slavic, and Spanish), Irenea meaning of name (also used in Spanish), Irenee pronounciation, Iriana name, short names for Irien, short names for Iriena, name Irin origin, what does the name Irina mean (also used in Russian), Irinia name popularity, nicknames for Iryne, Irynia pronounciation, and meaning of Reeni. Other English forms comprise the diminutives Aireen name variations, Ireny name variations, Rena name variations (also used in Greek), Rene definition, and name Renie origin, and the spelling variants name Ireen origin, name Ireene, and what does the name Irine mean. Forms used in foreign languages comprise the Tongan Ailine meaning, the Hawaiian short names for Airina, the Russian Arina name popularity, the Russian Arinka meaning and origin, the Greek what does the name Eirini mean, the Galician Erea name, the Greek Ereni meaning and origin, the Italian, Latvian, and Russian Ira name variations, the Russian nicknames for Iraina, the Czech Irenka pronounciation, the Hungarian what does the name Irenke mean, the French nicknames for Irène, the Hungarian Irén name variations, the French name Irénée origin, the Greek and Romanian Irini name, the Russian Irisha name popularity, the Czech and Latvian meaning of Irka, the Latvian Irusya name variations, the Russian Iryna meaning, the Russian name Jereni, the Russian Orina name variations, the Russian Orya definition, the Russian meaning of Oryna, the Russian nicknames for Rina, the Russian and Slavic short names for Yarina, and the Russian Yaryna definition. The diminutive Nitsa definition (German and Greek) is another foreign form. See also the related forms, the English, Greek, and Irish meaning of Ilene and the German Irenäus pronounciation. Irene is an all-time favorite. Today it is still rather popular as a baby girl name, but not to the degree it was previously. At the height of its usage in 1916, 0.831% of baby girls were named Irene. It had a ranking of #17 then. The baby name has seen a substantial decline in frequency since then, and is currently used only on a modest scale. In 2010, it ranked at #694 with a usage of 0.021%, however it was nevertheless the most commonly used within all girl names in its family. The name Irene has mainly been a baby girl name, although it has also been given to boys in the last century. There were 132 times more baby girls than boys who were named Irene in 1912.

The following famous people share the name Irene:

• Actress Irene Bedard, born 22 July 1967, Anchorage, Alaska
• Actress Irene Ryan, born Irene Noblette 17 October 1903 - 26 April 1973, El Paso, Texas
• Actress Faith Brown, born Irene Carroll 28 May 1944, Liverpool, England.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Irene:

the English Ireen pronounciation, the English Ireene name popularity, the English, Gaelic, and Irish Eireen definition, the Urdu name Iram, the Turkish what does the name Irem mean, the name what does the name Irema mean, the English and Hungarian meaning of Iren, the Hungarian baby name Irén, the English Irin definition, the English Irine definition, the English, French, German, Indian, Italian, and Spanish baby name Irma, the name Irune name popularity, the English name Aaren, the name baby name Ahreanna, the English name Aren origin, the English name Ariene meaning, the English name Arin origin, the Gaelic Arinne definition, the Turkish Armagan meaning and origin, and the name Arman meaning of name.

The baby name Irene fun facts:

The name Irene in reverse order is "Eneri".

The numerological value of the name Irene is number 6, which means responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.

How popular is Irene?

Irene is in the top names in USA.