Irene

See also irene, and Irène

English

Irene astronomical symbol

Etymology

French Irène, from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη eirēnē "peace", name of a goddess of peace, of early Christian saints, and of an 8th-century Byzantine empress.

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Irene

1. (Greek mythology) Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ; equivalent to the Roman goddess Pax.
2. 14 Irene, an asteroid.
3. A female given name, in regular use since the 19th century.
   • 1653 Jeremiah Burroughs: Irenicum: To the Lovers of Truth & Peace. London, Robert Dawlman,1653. 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, 1944. 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 0-14-023028-9 page 75:

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

Translations

female given name

• Belarusian: Ірына (be) (Irýna) f
• Breton: Eirene (br)
• Bulgarian: Ирина (bg) (Irína) f
• Catalan: Irene (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾琳 (cmn) (Àilín)

• Czech: Irena (cs) f
• Danish: Irene (da)
• Dutch: Irene (nl)
• Estonian: Irene (et)
• Finnish: Irene (fi)
• French: Irène (fr) f
• Galician: Irene (gl)
• German: Irene (de) f
• Greek: Ειρήνη (el) (Eiríni)
• Hungarian: Irén (hu)
• Italian: Irene (it) f

• Japanese: アイリーン (ja) (Airīn), エイレーネー (ja) (Eirēnē) (Eirene)
• Korean: 이레네 (ko) (Irene)
• Latin: Irene (la)
• Latvian: Irēna (lv) f
• Macedonian: Ирена (mk) (Iréna) f, Ирина (mk) (Irína) f
• Norwegian: Irene (no)
• Polish: Irena (pl) f
• Portuguese: Irene (pt), Iria (pt)
• Romanian: Irina (ro) f
• Russian: Ирина (ru) (Irína) f, Айрин (ru) (Ajrín) f (transliteration) (indeclinable)
• Skolt Sami: Iirâšǩ
• Slovak: Irena (sk) f
• Spanish: Irene (es) f
• Swedish: Irene (sv)
• Ukrainian: Ірина (uk) (Irýna) f

Anagrams

• Ernie, ERNIE

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Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (eirēnē, “peace”)

Proper noun

Irene

1. A female given name.

References

• [1] 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.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη eirēnē "peace"

Proper noun

Irene ?

1. A female given name.

Anagrams

• Ieren

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Estonian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη eirēnē "peace"

Proper noun

Irene

1. A female given name.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη eirēnē "peace"

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈirene/
• Hyphenation: I‧re‧ne

Proper noun

Irene

1. A female given name.

Declension

Declension of Irene (type nalle) singular plural nominative Irene Irenet genitive Irenen Irenejen Irenein1 partitive Ireneä Irenejä accusative Irene Irenen Irenet inessive Irenessä Ireneissä elative Irenestä Ireneistä illative Ireneen Ireneihin adessive Irenellä Ireneillä ablative Ireneltä Ireneiltä allative Irenelle Ireneille essive Irenenä Ireneinä translative Ireneksi Ireneiksi instructive – Irenein abessive Irenettä Ireneittä comitative – Ireneineen 1) Rare.

Related terms

• Irina

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German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη eirēnē "peace"

Proper noun

Irene

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Irina

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη eirēnē "peace"

Proper noun

Irene f

1. A female given name.

Anagrams

• ernie

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη eirēnē "peace"

Proper noun

Irene

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Eirin, Iren

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη eirēnē "peace"

Proper noun

Irene f

1. A female given name.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη eirēnē "peace"

Alternative forms

• Irène

Proper noun

Irene

1. A female given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 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.