Given name & surname · Greek
Ειρήνη
“peace”
Ειρήνη is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “peace.”
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Irene.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “peace.”
Ειρήνη’s family of names
In Greek usage, Ειρήνη has a diminutive in Ειρηνάκι. In Greek usage, Ειρήνη has a conventional equivalent in the English form Irene. In Greek usage, Ειρήνη has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Irena.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ειρήνη has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Ειρήνη comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- IreneEnglish, German
- Irinaequivalent
- IrenaPolish, Czech
- Irynaequivalent
- Iriniequivalent
- ИринаRussian
- IrèneFrench
- Іринаequivalent
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People named Ειρήνη
- Irene of Athensempress of Byzantine Empire (752-803)
- Irene PapasGreek actress and singer (1929–2022)
- Irene Komnene DoukainaEmpress consort of Bulgaria1220–1201
- Irene Komnene Palaiologinasister of the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos1218–1284
- Irene of Thessalonicaearly 4th-century saint201–304
- Eirini AindiliGreek gymnastborn 1983
- Irene Angelinadaughter of Alexios III Angelos1150–1203
- Rena VlahopoulouGreek actress and singer (1923–2004)
- Irini MouchouGreek triathleteborn 1987
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