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Irene
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irene írene Irène
English
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thumb|Irene astronomical symbol
Etymology
Borrowed from en fr Irène, from en grc Εἰρήνη peace, name of a goddess of peace, of early Christian saints, and of an 8th-century Byzantine empress. en Eirini.
Pronunciation
en /aɪˈɹiːn/ /aɪˈɹiːni/
en En-us-irene.ogg US
en iːn 2
Proper noun
en Greek god Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ; equivalent to the Roman goddess Pax.
en astronomy 14 Irene, a main belt asteroid.
en female Ancient Greek, in regular use since the 19th century.
en 1653 Jeremiah Burroughs Irenicum: To the Lovers of Truth & Peace London Robert Dawlman 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.
en 1944 A.J.Cronin The Green Years Little, Brown, and Company 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."
en 1993 Oscar Hijuelos: The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien 0-14-023028-9 75 Better to consider the love of Irene, the seventh of the sisters, with her most elegant name.
en city/and/town s/South Dakota c/USA.
Related terms
en irenic and its related terms
en Santa Irene
Translations
female given name
Armenian: hy Իրինա
Belarusian: be Іры́на f
Bengali: bn আইরিন
Breton: br Eirene
Bulgarian: bg Ири́на f
Catalan: ca Irene
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 艾琳 Àilín
Coptic: cop Ⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ
Czech: cs Irena f
Danish: da Irene c
Dutch: nl Irene
Estonian: et Irene
Faroese: fo Irena f
Finnish: fi Irene
French: fr Irène f
Galician: gl Irene
Georgian: ka ირინა
German: de Irene f
Greek: el Ειρήνη
Ancient Greek: grc Εἰρήνη f
Hindi: hi आइरीन f
Hungarian: hu Irén, hu Irénke, hu Jerne
Ingrian: izh Iro
Italian: it Irene f
Japanese: ja アイリーン Airīn, ja エイレーネー Eirēnē Eirene
Korean: ko ^이레네
Latin: la Irene
Latvian: lv Irēna f
Lithuanian: lt Irena f
Macedonian: mk Ире́на f, mk Ири́на f
Mansi:
Northern Mansi: mns-nor Уринэ, mns-nor Аринэ
Norwegian: no Irene
Polish: pl Irena f
Portuguese: pt Irene, pt Iria
Romanian: ro Irina f
Russian: ru Ири́на f, ru Айри́н f transliteration
Sami:
Skolt Sami: sms Iirâšǩ
Slovak: sk Irena f
Spanish: es Irene f
Swedish: sv Irene c
Turkish: tr İrini
Ukrainian: uk Іри́на f, uk Яри́на f
Yakut: sah Оруунэ
Asteroid
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 司寧星
Italian: it Irene
Russian: ru Ире́на f
Anagrams
en eeinr NEERI Ierne ERNIE Ernie
en Asteroids
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Irene, borrowed from ceb fr Irène, from ceb grc Εἰρήνη peace. Also from ceb Irenea.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb female
ceb 2 December 2014 Ugdol, Jojo https://www.philstar.com/banat/balita/2014/12/02/1398167/naghikog-tungod-sa-p10 Naghikog Tungod sa P10 Banat News Sumala pa ni Bacusmo, gikatahong nagkalalis si Nudalo ug kapuyo niini nga si Irene Tamang sa dihang padung na untang motrabaho sa siyudad sa Sugbo ang lalaki. https://web.archive.org/web/20250123143012/https://www.philstar.com/banat/balita/2014/12/02/1398167/naghikog-tungod-sa-p10 23 January 2025
ceb Greek god Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ
ceb astronomy the asteroid 14 Irene
Anagrams
ceb Ernie
ceb Asteroids
Danish
Etymology
From da grc Εἰρήνη peace.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female
References
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.
Dutch
Etymology
From nl grc Εἰρήνη peace.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌiˈreː.nə/
nl Nl-Irene.ogg
nl Ire ne
nl eːnə
Proper noun
f
nl female
Anagrams
nl Ieren
Estonian
Etymology
From et grc Εἰρήνη peace.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female
Finnish
Etymology
From fi grc Εἰρήνη peace.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
fi 1978 w:fi:Tuovi Saarenpää Kihlat Weilin + Göös 951-35-1620-2 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.
fi 1984 w:fi:Veronica Pimenoff Loistava Helena Tammi 951-30-6142-6 280 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.
Declension
Iren ä
Related terms
fi Irina
Statistics
dvv_20250813 2373 19044 235
References
Anagrams
fi eeinr Eerin
German
Etymology
From de grc Εἰρήνη peace.
Pronunciation
de /iˈʁeːnə/
de Ire ne
de De-Irene.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female Ancient Greek
Related terms
de Irina
Italian
Etymology
From it grc Εἰρήνη peace.
Pronunciation
Irène
Proper noun
f
it female
Anagrams
it eeinr Erine ernie
Latin
Etymology
la Īrēnē :bor grc:Εἰρήνη + 1
Pronunciation
Īrēnē
Proper noun
Īrēnē<1>
en Irene Greek goddess of peace, Latin equivalent: Pax
Declension
Īrēnē<1>
References
Norwegian
Etymology
From no grc Εἰρήνη peace.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female
Related terms
no Eirin, no Iren
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :bor grc:Εἰρήνη + 1
Pronunciation
Irêhne Iréne
pt I re ne
Proper noun
f +
pt female Ancient Greek Irene
Related terms
pt Iria
Spanish
Etymology
es :bor grc:Εἰρήνη<t:peace> + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female Ancient Greek
Swedish
Alternative forms
sv Irène
Etymology
From sv grc Εἰρήνη peace.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Irene.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 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.
Anagrams
sv eeinr Reine
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Irene<ety:uder<grc:Εἰρήνη>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Ayrín I.rene
Proper noun
Ayrin
tl female English