Irene


Gender:
Origin: Greek
755 famous people named Irene found on Wikipedia.
352164 female, 1344 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 637-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 16-th in year 1919
Used in: Ancient-Greek, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Italian, Mythology, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

Meanings

Irene (Ειρήνη Eirene), sometimes written Irini, is derived from εἰρήνη - the Greek for "peace". Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace. Irene was also the name of an 8th-century Byzantine empress (Irene of Athens), as well as the name of several saints (see Agape, Chionia, and Irene).
Irene was the sixth most popular name for girls in Spain in 2006. It was the 632nd most popular name for girls in the United States in 2007, down from 592nd place in 2006.
Irene, Irina, Irini, Eirene, Eireni, or Ireen.

Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη—the Greek for "peace". See Irene.
Irene, Irina, Irini, Eirene, Eireni, or Ireen.

Fem. proper name, from French Irène, from Latin Irene, from Greek Eirene, literally "peace, time of peace."

Peace.

Famous People: 755 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Irene Adler 1858 Fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories
2 Irene Ryan 1902 Actress
3 Irene Cara 1959 American singer and actress
4 Irene Dunne 1898 American actress
5 Irène Joliot-Curie 1897 French scientist
6 Irène Jacob 1966 French-born Swiss actress
7 Irene Bedard 1967 American actress
8 Irene Papas 1926 Actress
9 Irene Junquera 1985
10 Irene Rosenfeld 1953 American executive and CEO
11 Irene Craigmile Bolam 1904 Banker, homemaker
12 Irene Visedo 1978 Spanish actress
13 Irene of Athens 0752 Empress of Byzantine Empire
14 Bae Irene 1991 South Korean singer, member of the band Red Velvet
15 Irène Némirovsky 1903 French novelist who died at the age of 39 in Auschwitz
16 Irene Roberts
17 Irène Frachon 1963 French physician
18 Irene Azuela 1979 Mexican actress
19 Irene Handl 1901 English actress
20 Irene Mayer Selznick 1907 American theatre producer
21 Irene Gutiérrez Caba 1930 Spanish actress
22 Irene Aldana 1988 Mexican mixed martial artist
23 Irene Vernon 1922 American actress
24 Irene Miracle 1954 American actress
25 Irene McGee 1976 American podcaster
26 Irene Hervey 1909 Actress
27 Irene Lozano 1971 Spanish writer and journalist
28 Irene Morgan 1917 American activist
29 Irene Marcos-Araneta 1960 Filipino exile
30 Irene Worth 1916 Actress
31 Irene Wan 1967 Hong Kong actress
32 Irene 1982 Japanese disc jockey
33 Irene Pepperberg 1949 Scientist noted for her studies in animal cognition, particularly in relation to parrots
34 Irene Tedrow 1907 Actress
35 Irene Jansen 1983 Dutch singer
36 Irene Khan 1956 Bangladeshi academic
37 Irene Casagrande 1996 Italian actress
38 Irene Sáez 1961 Venezuelan politician and former Miss Universe
39 Irene Fenwick 1887 American actress
40 Irene Tsu 1944 American actress
41 Irene Hirano 1948 Non-profit leader
42 Irene Esser 1991 Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder
43 Irene Gorovaia 1989 American actress
44 Irene van Dyk 1972 South Africa-New Zealand netball player
45 Irene van de Laar 1968 Dutch television presenter / host
46 Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón 2005
47 Irene Mecchi American writer for television, movies, newspapers, and Broadway
48 Irene Rich 1891 Actress
49 Irene Skliva 1978 Greek model crowned Miss World 1996
50 Irene Michiels van Kessenich-Hoogendam 1940 Dutch lawyer, jurist and politician
51 Irene Angelina 1181 Byzantine queen
52 Irene Parlby 1868 Canadian politician
53 Irene Dailey 1920
54 Irene Doukaina 1063 Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire
55 Irene Mihalic 1976 German politician
56 Irene Haschke 1921
57 Irene Raymond
58 Irene Malin 1979 Fashion model
59 Irene Gut Opdyke 1922 Polish nurse
60 Irene Sharaff 1910 American costume designer for stage and screen
61 Irene Schwarz 1960 German actress
62 Irene Cao 1979 Italian writer
63 Irene Tinagli 1974 Italian politician and economist
64 Irène Théry 1952 French sociologist
65 Irène Bordoni 1885 Italian-French actor and singer
66 Irene von Meyendorff 1916 Actress
67 Irene of Hungary 1088 Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire
68 Irene McCormack 1938 Australian Catholic Sister murdered by guerrillas in Peru
69 Irene Librawati 1971 Indonesian actress
70 Irene Sanchez 1989 Spanish actress
71 Irene Ghergo 1946
72 Irene Koss 1928 German actress and television presenter
73 Irene Hunt 1902 American children's writer
74 Irene Goergens 1951 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion
75 Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale 1896 British hereditary peeress
76 Irene Ntale 1989 Ugandan musician
77 Irene Zisblatt 1929 Hungarian holocaust survivor
78 Irene Mountbatten, Marchioness of Carisbrooke 1890 British noble
79 Irene Stefânia 1944 Brazilian actress
80 Irene Lentz 1900 American costume designer
81 Irene Molloy 1978 American actress
82 Irene Manibuy 1962
83 Irene Bignardi 1943
84 Irene Ferreira 1976 Venezuelan model
85 Irene Ware 1910 Actress
86 Irene Montalà 1976 Spanish actress
87 Irene Lamedica 1968 Italian singer and disc jockey
88 Irene Grandi 1969 Italian singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, actress and television host.
89 Irene Martínez 1966 Spanish gymnast
90 Irene Kral 1932 American singer
91 Irene Mathyssen 1951 Canadian politician
92 Irene Galitzine 1916 Russian-Georgian fashion designer
93 Irene Zazians 1927 Iranian actress
94 Irene Taylor Brodsky 2000 American filmmaker
95 DJ Irene American DJ
96 Irene Kantakouzene 1400 Wife of Serbian despot
97 Irene Alt 1957 German politician
98 Irene Purcell 1896 Film Actress
99 Irene Bustamante Chilean dancer, model and choreographer
100 Irene of Montferrat 1274 Byzantine empress
101 Irene Spencer 1937 Mormon fundamentalist
102 Irene Alba 1873 Spanish actor (1873-1930)
103 Irene Ng 1963 Singaporean politician
104 Irene Rindje 1956 German actress
105 Irene Vanbrugh 1872 British actress
106 Irene Daniels
107 Irene Ludwig 1927 German art historian, patron and art collector
108 Irene Aguilar 1960 American politician
109 Irene Sunters 1928 British actress
110 Irene Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever 1919 English philanthropist
111 Irene Schroeder 1909 American murderer
112 Irene Scalzo 1968 Italian voice actor
113 Irene Paredes 1991 Footballer
114 Irene Greif American computer scientist
115 Irene Stegun 1919 American mathematician
116 Irene Sutcliffe 1930 British Actress
117 Irene Villa 1978 Spanish author and journalist
118 Irène Tharin 1935 French politician
119 Irene Pivetti 1963 Italian politician
120 Irene Fornaciari 1983 Italian singer
121 Irene Adams, Baroness Adams of Craigielea 1947 Scottish Labour Party peer
122 Irene Charnley 1960 Businessperson
123 Irene Koki Mutungi 1976
124 Irene Manning
125 Irene Champlin 1931 American actress
126 Irene Mambilima 1952 Chief Justice of Zambia
127 Irene Ward, Baroness Ward 1895 British politician
128 Irene Cruz 1943 Portuguese actress
129 Irene Browne 1896 British actress
130 Irene Lieblich 1923 American artist
131 Irene Diamond 1910 American talent scout
132 Irene Reid 1930 American singer
133 Irene Gammel 1959 Canadian writer and historian
134 Irene Stefani 1891
135 Irene of Tomar 0635 Portuguese saint
136 Irene Brügger-Hodel 1979 Swiss musician and actress
137 Irene Dalis 1925 Singer
138 Irene Fernandez 1946 Malaysian human rights activist
139 Irene Fischer 1907 Austrian mathematician
140 Irene Higginbotham 1918 American musician
141 Irene Di Valmo 1967 Italian actress
142 Irene Asanina 1400 Empress consort of John VI Kantakouzenos/Byzantine Empire
143 Irene Hayes 1896 American actress
144 Irène Schweizer 1941 Swiss musician
145 Georgi Irene American actress
146 Irène Tunc 1935 Actress, model
147 Irene Muloni 1960 Ugandan electrical engineer, businesswoman and politician
148 Irene C. Berger 1954 American judge
149 Irene Howard 1903 Costume designer
150 Irene Schori 1983 Swiss curler
151 Irene Perveen 1940 Pakistani singer
152 Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond 1315 Empress
153 Irene Gilbert 1934 American actress
154 Irène Lagut 1893 French painter
155 Irene Kampen 1922 American writer
156 Irene Nelson 1962 Russian musician
157 Irene Merryweather
158 Irene Ibsen Bille 1901 Norwegian writer
159 Irene Baker 1901 American politician
160 Ángela Irene 1954 Argentinian singer
161 Irène Mainguy French writer
162 Irene Dorner American business woman
163 Irene Robledo 1890
164 Irene Korb 1923 German actress
165 Irene Bustamante Adams 1968 American politician
166 Irene Fonseca 1956 American mathematician
167 Irène Pereira 1975 French sociologist
168 Irene Moors 1967 Dutch singer and television presenter
169 Irene Ryder 1949 Hong Kong singer
170 Irene Heim American linguist
171 Irene Hannon
172 Irene Vilar 1969 Puerto Rican writer
173 Irene Ravache 1944 Brazilian actress
174 Irene Daye 1918 American singer
175 Irene Scruggs 1901 American Piedmont blues and country blues singer
176 Irene Lewisohn 1886 American philanthropist
177 Irene E. Ryan 1909 American aviator, engineer, geologist, government official, politician
178 Irene Dische 1952 American journalist
179 Irene Moessinger 1949
180 Irene Pacheco 1971 Colombian boxer
181 Irene Zimmermann 1955 German author
182 Irene Prador 1911 Actor and writer
183 Irene Komnene Doukaina Empress consort of Bulgaria
184 Irene Morales 1865 Chilean soldier
185 Irene Cortes 1921 Filipino judge
186 Irene Thomas 1920 British radio personality
187 Irene Palaiologina, Empress of Bulgaria 1300
188 Irène Joachim 1913 Singer
189 Irene Bowder Peacock 1892 South African tennis player
190 Irene Rodrian 1937 German screenwriter and author
191 Irene Harand 1900 Austrian Righteous Among the Nations
192 Irene García 1980 Spanish politician
193 Irene Mann 1929 German actress
194 Irène Deliège 1933 Belgian cognitive scientist
195 Irène Hamoir 1906 Belgian writer
196 Irene Santiago
197 Irene Patricia Murphy Keeley 1944 United States federal judge
198 Irene Ivancan 1983 German table tennis player
199 Irène Chabrier French actress
200 Irene Seiler 1910 German photographer