Irene

Borrowed from French Irène, from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”), name of a goddess of peace, of early Christian saints, and of an 8th-century Byzantine empress. Doublet of Eirini.

• IPA^(key): /aɪˈɹiːn/

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Irene

1. (Greek mythology) Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ; equivalent to the Roman goddess Pax.
2. (astronomy) 14 Irene, a main belt asteroid.
3. A female given name from Ancient Greek, in regular use since the 19th century.
   • 1653, Jeremiah Burroughs, Irenicum: To the Lovers of Truth & Peace, London: Robert Dawlman, page 267:

     But lest I be thought too literall, give me leave to allegorize upon this Irene. Her name is a Greek name, Εἰρήνη, it signifies peace; we must not dote upon our Irene, our private peace, that the publique should suffer for the sake of it.

   • 1944, A.J.Cronin, The Green Years, Little, Brown, and Company, page 62:

     "And I have such a horrible name. Think of it... Kate. Who would take Kate on a Moonlight Cruise...or out to the Minstrels at the point. If you ever do find me in the company of a strange young man, call me Irene. Promise me."

   • 1993, Oscar Hijuelos:, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, →ISBN, page 75:

     Better to consider the love of Irene, the seventh of the sisters, with her most elegant name.

4. A city and town in South Dakota, United States.

• irenic (and its related terms)

• ERNIE, Ernie

From English Irene, borrowed from French Irène, from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”). Also from Irenea.

Irene

1. a female given name
2. (Greek mythology) Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ
3. (astronomy) the asteroid 14 Irene

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Irene.

• Ernie

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

Irene

1. a female given name

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 24 029 females with the given name Irene have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌiˈreː.nə/

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• Hyphenation: Ire‧ne
• Rhymes: -eːnə

Irene f

1. a female given name

• Ieren

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

Irene

1. a female given name

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈirene/, [ˈire̞ne̞]
• Rhymes: -irene
• Syllabification^(key): I‧re‧ne

Irene

1. a female given name
   • 1978, Tuovi Saarenpää, Kihlat, Weilin + Göös, →ISBN, page 69:

     Jo lapsuudessa he olivat olleet erilaisia, ei olisi sisaruksiksi uskonut. Ja oli kuin äitikin olisi vaistonnut ja tajunnut sen heti alusta alkaen, kun antoi heille, sisaruksille, niin erilaiset nimet. Mikä nyt olisi ollut tavallisempi nimi kuin Elvi? Vaikka eihän se ollut nykyään enää tavallinenkaan, vanhanaikainen se oli, ei sellaista nimeä tavannut enää juuri kellään. Kun taas Irene―sehän soinnahti heti niin hienosti. Eräällä prinsessallakin taisi olla sellainen nimi. Ja Irene oli aina ollut nimensä mittainen.

     Already in childhood they had been different, and one would be hard-pressed to believe they were siblings. The mother had already realized it and given them, the siblings, so different names. What could have been a more mundane name than Elvi? Even if it wasn't mundane anymore, it was old-fashioned, a name nobody had anymore, while Irene―had such a pleasant ring. A certain princess had such a name, perhaps. Irene had always been worthy of her name.

   • 1984, Veronica Pimenoff, Loistava Helena, Tammi, →ISBN, page 280:

     Tytär oli nimetön. Helena ei ollut halunnut valita nimeä etukäteen jostakin luettelosta. Hän oli ajatellut että kunhan hän näkee lapsen, hän tietää mikä sen nimi on. Ei hän tiennyt, mikään nimi ei tuntunut sille sopivalta. Sampo oli ehdottanut Ireneä tytön nimeksi enemmän sen merkityksen kuin äänneasun vuoksi. Helena toisti nyt tämän nimen ääneen kuin sovittaakseen sitä lapselle mutta ei tuo tuntunut sopivan.

     The daughter was yet unnamed. Helena didn't want to pick a name from a list in advance. She had thought that whenever she saw the child, she will know what the correct name will be. But she didn't. No name seemed correct. Sampo had suggested Irene as the name more due to what it meant than how it sounded. Helena kept repeating the name out loud as if to see if it would fit, but it did not seem to.

• Irina

• Irene is the 230^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,451 female individuals (and as a middle name to 19,551 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Eerin

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

• IPA^(key): /iˈʁeːnə/
• Hyphenation: Ire‧ne

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Irene

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek

• Irina

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

• IPA^(key): /iˈrɛ.ne/
• Rhymes: -ɛne
• Hyphenation: I‧rè‧ne

Irene f

1. a female given name

• Erine, ernie

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iːˈreː.neː/, [iːˈreːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈre.ne/, [iˈrɛːne]

Īrēnē f sg (genitive Īrēnēs); first declension

1. Irene (Greek goddess of peace, Latin equivalent: Pax)

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

• Irene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

Irene

1. a female given name

• Eirin, Iren

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē).

• Hyphenation: I‧re‧ne

Irene f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Irene

• Iria

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

• IPA^(key): /iˈɾene/ [iˈɾe.ne]
• Rhymes: -ene
• Syllabification: I‧re‧ne

Irene f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek

• Irène

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

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Irene c (genitive Irenes)

1. a female given name

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 47 739 females with the given name Irene living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

• Reine

Borrowed from English Irene, from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔajˈɾin/ [ʔaɪ̯ˈɾin]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: I‧rene

Irene (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔)

1. a female given name from English