Given name
Ireen
Ireen is a feminine given name. It is used in East Central German.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ireen is a variant of Irene. An origin associated with Irene is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In East Central German usage, Ireen is a diminutive of Irene.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ireen is a variant of Irene. The history of Irene gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Irene is associated with the goddess of peace.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ireen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 0 boys · 17 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1924. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 241 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ireen’s family of names
In East Central German usage, Ireen is a diminutive of Irene. Ireen has a related form in Irene. In English usage, Ireen has a conventional equivalent in the German form Irene.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ireen
- Ireen WüstDutch speed skaterborn 1986
- Ireen SheerBritish-born German singerborn 1949
- Ireen LunguZambian association football playerborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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