Given name
Ireneo
“a peaceful man”
Ireneo is a variant of Irenio. One Spanish interpretation is “a peaceful man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ireneo is a variant of Irenio. One Spanish interpretation is “a peaceful man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ireneo is a variant of Irenio. An origin associated with Irenio is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Ireneo developed from Irenaeus. In Spanish usage, Ireneo developed from Εἰρηναῖος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1931. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ireneo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 21 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 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 boys is 5 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 548 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.
Ireneo’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Ireneo developed from the Latin form Irenaeus. In Italian usage, Ireneo has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Ireneusz. Ireneo has a related form in Irenio.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ireneo has relatives in 6 languages.
5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Irenaeusroot · English, Latin
- Irineoequivalent
- Irineyequivalent
- Irénéeequivalent
- Ireneuequivalent
- Irenäusequivalent
- Ireneusequivalent
- ИринейRussian
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People named Ireneo
- Ireneo AffòItalian historian (1741-1797)
- Ireneo García AlonsoSpanish Roman Catholic bishop (1923-2012)
- Ireneo A. Amantillocatholic priest (1934–2018)
- Ireneo AleandriItalian architect (1795–1885)
- Ireneo della Croce1625–1713
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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