Given name

Irea

Irea is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Irea is a variant of Iris. An origin associated with Iris is Greek.

Explained through its name family

The story

Irea is a variant of Iris. The history of Iris gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Iris is associated with a messenger goddess.

Explained through its name family

Irea’s family of names

Irea has a related form in Iris.

Walk Irea’s family in the name graph

IreaIrieIris

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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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.

See also 1

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

Similar names

If you love Irea, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Mythological

Ismea

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Irenea

“peace”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Mythological

Ismenea

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Orphnea

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Irayna

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Mythological

Hygea

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Ditea

“in Hinduism, an earth goddess”

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Iduna

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Irea’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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