Given name & surname · also Latin
Irénée
“peace”
Irénée is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in French.
Original LatinIrenaeus
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Irénée comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In French usage, Irénée developed from Irenaeus. In French usage, Irénée developed from Εἰρηναῖος.
Irénée’s family of names
In French usage, Irénée developed from the Latin form Irenaeus. In French usage, Irénée has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Ireneusz. In French usage, Irénée has a conventional equivalent in the English form Irenaeus.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Irénée has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Irénée comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Irenaeusroot · Latin, English
- Ireneoequivalent
- Иринейequivalent
- Irineyequivalent
- Ειρηναίοςequivalent
- Irenäusequivalent
- IrineuPortuguese
- IreneuszPolish
Show 1 moreShow fewer
People named Irénée
- Irénée HausherrFrench priest and theologian (1881–1978)1891–1978
- Irénée ThériotFrench botanist (1859-1947)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Irénée, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Diogène
Diogène is a given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in French.
—
Philomène
Philomène is a given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in French and Norman.
50% boys · 50% girls
Ipate
“highest, best”
—
Alicante
“white, bright”
—
Eusébie
“piety”
—
Itylus
Itylus is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.
—
Ismenias
Ismenias is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.
—
Arsinoe
“elevation” · “mind”
40% boys · 60% girls