Given name
Irēna
“peace”
Irēna is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “peace.” It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Irēna developed from Εἰρήνη.
Irēna’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Irēna shares a linguistic root with the English form Irene. In Latvian usage, Irēna has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Irena. In Latvian usage, Irēna has a conventional equivalent in the English form Irene.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Irēna has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Irēna 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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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