Given name · Ukrainian
Ірина
Ірина (Irýna) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Ìrina.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Ірина developed from Εἰρήνη.
Ірина’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Ірина has a diminutive in І́ра. In Ukrainian usage, Ірина developed from the Ancient Greek form Εἰρήνη. In Ukrainian usage, Ірина has a conventional equivalent in the German form Irene.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ірина
- Iryna BilykUkrainian singer and composerborn 1970
- Iryna VereshchukUkrainian politicianborn 1979
- Iryna FarionUkrainian linguist and politician (1964–2024)
- Iryna HerashchenkoUkrainian high jumperborn 1995
- Iryna KoliadenkoUkrainian amateur wrestlerborn 1998
- Iryna KurachkinaBelarusian amateur wrestlerborn 1994
- Iryna MerleniOlympic wrestlerborn 1982
- Iryna KindzerskaUkrainian judokaborn 1991
- Iryna TsilykUkrainian writer and film directorborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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