The name Irit is a girl's name meaning "asphodel flower".

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Irit means "asphodel," which refers to a genus of perennial flower native to the Mediterranean and Middle East.
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Edgar Allen Poe wrote about asphodel: "and when, one by one, the white daisies shrank away, there sprang up in place of them, ten by ten of the ruby-red asphodel."

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The name Irit peaked for girls at #8462 in 1970.

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