Irene
Irene is a female given name . The corresponding male first name is Irenäus .
Origin and meaning of the name
Greco-latin, the peaceful '( ancient Greek εἰρήνη eirene , peace'); comes from the Greek goddess of peace Eirene ( modern Greek Irini ).
name day
- January 22 : Irene of Rome († around 288)
- February 21 : Irene of Rome († around 379)
- April 1st , sometimes also indicated as April 3rd : Irene von Thessaloniki († 304)
- May 5 : Irene of Thessaloniki or Constantinople († 310)
- August 9th : Irene of Byzantium
- October 20th : Irene of Portugal
variants
- Airinė , Lithuanian
- Eyrin (Irish)
- Ina , Inna
- Ini, Iri
- Ira
- Irish, Irish
- Irène (French)
- Irena (Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, Croatian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovak, Sorbian, Czech)
- Irenica
- Irenli
- Irina ( Bulgarian Ирина ),
- Irina ( Russian Ирина ), Iryna ( Belarusian Ірына , Ukrainian Ірина ), Irinka, Irischa (-ka), Irotschka, Irutscha, Iratschka, Irtschgi, Irinuschka
- Irinchik
- Irindja
- Irini (Ειρήνη Greek)
- Irinochka
- Irka
- Irtschik
- Irucha
- Irulja
- Irunsik
- Irusic
- Rina (Ρήνα Greek), Rinaki (Ρηνάκι Greek), Rinula (Ρηνούλα Greek)
Well-known namesake
- Ancient and Middle Ages
- Irene of Rome († around 288) , saint, widow of St. Castulus
- Irene of Rome († around 379) (around 349–350 - around 379), saint, sister of Pope Damasus I.
- Irene of Thessaloniki († 304) , martyr from Aquileia
- Irene of Thessaloniki († 310) (also Irene of Constantinople ), martyr from Thessaloniki
- Irene of Portugal († ~ 673), saint
- Irene (Empress) (752–803), first ruling Byzantine Empress (797–802)
- Irene (1088–1135), originally Piroska of Hungary , Byzantine empress as the wife of John II Comnenus, is venerated as a saint
- Irene (around 1110–1158 / 60), originally Bertha von Sulzbach , Byzantine empress as the wife of Manuel I Komnenos
- Irene of Byzantium (* 1177 or 1180/81; † 1208), German queen, also Irene of Swabia
- Irene Palaiologina (Bulgaria) , wife of the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Assen III.
- Irene Palaiologina (Trebizond) (* ~ 1315, † after 1341), Empress of Trebizond
- Irene Palaiologina (Byzantium) († ~ 1391), Byzantine imperial wife
- Modern times
- Irene of Greece (1904–1974) , Greek princess and duchess of Aosta
- Irene von Oranien-Nassau (* 1939), Princess of the Netherlands
- Irene Awret (1921–2014), American writer and painter
- Irene Below (* 1942), German art historian
- Irene Blumenthal (1913–2005), German doctor
- Irene Cara (* 1959), American singer and actress
- Mary Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale (1896–1966), British nobleman and member of the House of Lords
- Irene Diwiak (* 1991), Austrian writer
- Irene Dölling (* 1942), German sociologist
- Irene Eisinger (1903-1994), German opera singer (soprano)
- Irene Epple-Waigel (* 1957), German ski racer
- Irene Ferchl (* 1954), German writer, publicist and cultural journalist
- Irene Fischer (* 1959), German actress
- Irene Gerlach (* 1955), German political scientist and university lecturer
- Irene Herre (* 1944), German painter
- Irene Ivancan (* 1983), German table tennis player of Croatian descent
- Irène Jacob (* 1966), Swiss-French film and theater actress
- Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956), French physicist and chemist
- Irène Kälin (* 1987), Swiss politician
- Irene Khan (* 1956), lawyer, human rights activist and author from Bangladesh
- Irene Lentz (1900–1962), stage name Irene, American costume designer
- Irene Lieblich (1923–2008), Polish-American poet, painter and illustrator
- Irene Ludwig (1927–2010), German art historian, art collector and patron
- Irene Meichsner (* 1952), German science journalist and author
- Irene Mihalic (* 1976), German politician ( Alliance 90 / The Greens )
- Irène Némirovsky (1903–1942), French writer
- Irene Niepel (* 1955), German visual artist
- Irene Oldfather (* 1954), Scottish politician, member of the Labor Party
- Irene Papas (born 1926), Greek actress
- Irene Rindje (* 1956), German actress
- Irene Rodrian (* 1937), German writer and screenwriter
- Irene Schaschl-Schuster (1895–1979), Austrian craftsperson
- Irène Schweizer (* 1941), Swiss pianist and drummer
- Irene Stratenwerth (* 1954) author, writer, journalist and exhibition curator
- Irène Straub (* 1971), Swiss musical singer and vocal teacher
- Irene Tedrow (1907-1995), American actress
- Irene Usabiaga (* 1993), Spanish cyclist
- Irene Wellershoff (* 1954), German film producer
- Irene Yorck von Wartenburg (1913–1950), German doctor and member of the Kreisau Circle
- Irène Zurkinden (1909–1987), Swiss painter
- pseudonym
- Pseudonym of Julie Ruhkopf (1799–1880), German children's book author
Other uses
- Protagonist Irene in Herta Müller's narrative collage Travelers on One Leg (1989)
- Name of one of the imagined cities in Italo Calivnos The Invisible Cities (1972)
- In the cyclone name system: Tropical cyclone Irene
- Title character in the film The Girl Irene
- Irene Adler from Sherlock Holmes
Web links
Wiktionary: Irene - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
