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Irene

feminine

91First-name usabilityHighly workable

Evidence coverageGood

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Irene is the Latin/English form of Ancient Greek Eirene (Εἰρήνη), the common Greek noun for "peace" used directly as a female given name. In Greek mythology, Eirene was also the goddess personifying peace, one of the Horae.

Why it works

English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Uncommon — #651 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Irene means "Peace" — directly from the Greek common noun eirēnē, meaning peace, used as a given name.

Irene was traditionally popular among Eastern Christians (reflecting its long Byzantine Greek history) and was not regularly adopted as a given name in English-speaking regions until the 19th century.

Documented origin: Irene is the Latin/English form of Ancient Greek Eirene (Εἰρήνη), the common Greek noun for "peace" used directly as a female given name. In Greek mythology, Eirene was also the goddess personifying peace, one of the Horae.

VerifiedDirectly documented by an independent source, with no competing account on file.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

Englisheye-REEN — US Englishresearched pronunciation

TurkishEnglish reading conventions often soften or drop a trailing "-e"; Turkish is pronounced letter-by-letter, so Turkish speakers are likely to voice that final syllable clearly where English speakers may not.deterministic phonetic analysis

GermanEnglish reading conventions often soften or drop a trailing "-e"; German is pronounced letter-by-letter, so German speakers are likely to voice that final syllable clearly where English speakers may not.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Also documented

US English (alternate): eye-REE-nee

Italian: ee-REH-neh

Spanish: ee-REH-neh

Popularity without panic

Uncommon — #651 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.

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Real-world considerations

Spelling note: Irina.

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