Given name · also Latin
Irineu
“peace”
Irineu is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Portuguese.
Original LatinIrenaeus
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Irineu comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Irineu developed from Εἰρηναῖος.
Irineu’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Irineu developed from the Ancient Greek form Εἰρηναῖος. In Portuguese usage, Irineu has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Ireneusz. In Portuguese usage, Irineu has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Ireneo.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Irineu has relatives in 15 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Irineu comes from · 1 name
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- IrenaeusLatin, English
- Irineoequivalent
- IreneoItalian, Spanish
- ИринейRussian, rsk
- IreneuszPolish
- Εἰρηναῖοςroot · Ancient Greek
- ΕιρηναίοςGreek
- IrénéeFrench
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People named Irineu
- Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, Viscount of MauáBrazilian politician (1813–1890)
- Irineu Esteve AltimirasAndorran cross-country skierborn 1996
- Irineu Roque SchererBrazilian priest (1950–2016)
- Irineu GassenBrazilian Roman Catholic bishopborn 1942
- Irineu Romanborn 1958
- Irineu Sílvio WilgesBrazilian priest1936–2022
- Irineu DanelónBrazilian priestborn 1940
- IrineuBrazilian footballerborn 1983
- Irineu AndreassaBrazilian priestborn 1949
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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