Irene

Greek

"peace"

Irene Origin and Meaning

Variation of Orina

Irene Rank in US Top 1000

# 638 in the US

Irene Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 301 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Irene

• 638 US 2024
• 301 Nameberry 2025
• 408 Future 2028
• 962 England 2024
• 49 Italy 2019
• 59 Spain 2023
• 358 Mexico 2021

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Famous People Named Irene

• Irene stage name of Bae Joohyun; rapper, dancer, singer, and leader of South Korean girl group Red Velvet
• Irene Marie Dunne American actress
• Irene Bordoni Corsican French singer
• Irene Cara (Escalera) American singer
• Irene Castle American ballroom dancer
• Irene Joliot Curie, French scientist, daughter of Marie Curie
• Irene Urdangaria­n y Bourbon daughter of Infanta Cristina of Spain
• Irene (Lentz) American costume designer
• Irene Vanbrugh English actress
• Irene Vernon American actress
• Irene Frances Rich American actress
• Irene of Athens Byzantine Empress
• Irene Papas Greek actress
• Irene Handl English actress
• Irene Worth (born Harriet Elizabeth Abrams) American actress, pronounced it "eye,ree,nee"
• Irene Ryan (born Jessie Irene Noblett) American actress
• Irene Angelina Queen consort of Sicily and Germany
• Irene Mathyssen Canadian MP
• Irene Morgan American civil rights activist
• Emily Irene VanCamp Canadian actress
• (Sze) Irene Ng Malaysian,born American actress

The name Irene in Pop Culture

• Irene Adler character in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series
• Irene Heron (pr. Eye ree,nee), character in John Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga
• Irene Cassini character in movie "Gattaca"
• Irene Lorenzo character on TV's "All in the Family"
• Princess Irene character in "The Princess and the Goblin" by George MacDonald (pronounced eye,ree,nee in its 1991 film adaptation)
• Irene Lapham character in "The Rise of Silas Lapham" by William Dean Howells
• Irene Queen of Attolia, character in The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner
• Irene Denholm character in the Harry Potter series
• Irene Frederick character on TV's "Warehouse 13"
• Irene the Concierge character on TV's "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody"
• Lady Irene character in Aphmau's YouTube series
• "Irene " 1940s movie
• Goodnight Irene American folk song
• Irene main character in The Invisible Library series by Genevieve Cogman
• Irene Larra Girón character on tv series "El Ministerio del Tiempo"
• Irene P. Waters character in the 2000 Jim Carrey movie "Me,Myself & Irene"

International Variations of the name Irene

• Iren Hungarian
• Yaryna Russian
• Ira Russian
• Irisha Russian
• Eirini Greek
• Irka Czech
• Ereni Greek
• Jereni Russian
• Irya Russian
• Irena Russian
• Irenke Hungarian
• Arina Russian
• Rina Russian
• Arinka Russian
• Yarina Russian
• Irina Russian
• Iryna Russian
• Rena Greek
• Eirene Greek
• Eireen Irish
• Nitsa Greek
• Irini Russian
• Irenka Czech
• Irenea Spanish