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Ирена
“peace”
Ирена (Irena) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Macedonian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Irena.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ирена is Irena written in Cyrillic. Irena means “peace.”
Explained through its name family
Ирена’s family of names
In Serbian usage, Ирена has a conventional equivalent in the German form Irene. In Russian usage, Ирена has a conventional equivalent in the English form Irena. In Macedonian usage, Ирена can be written in the Roman alphabet as Irena.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ирена has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Ирена comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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