Irene (given name)

Irene
	Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace.
Pronunciation	/aɪˈriːn/ eye-REEN; /aɪˈriːni/ eye-REEN-ee
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	Peace
Other names
Related names	Arina, Eirene, Iren, Irena, Irina, Rina

Irene (Ancient Greek: Ειρήνη, romanized: Eirḗnē), sometimes written Irini, is derived from εἰρήνη, the Greek word for "peace".^[1] Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace.^[2] Irene was also the name of an 8th-century Byzantine empress (Irene of Athens), as well as the name of several saints (see Saint Irene).

Variants

Arina (Russian)
Arisha (Russian)
Eireen (English, Irish)
Eirena (English)
Eirene (English, Greek)
Eirini (Greek)
Eraina (English)
Erayna (English)
Erea (Galicia)
Erene (English)
Ereni (Greek)
Eriny (Greek, similar to the pronunciation of)
Ira (Indonesian, Russian, Ukrainian)
Ireen (English)
Iren (English) (Indonesian)
Irén (Hungarian)
Irena (Albanian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian)
Irene (Dutch, English, Italian, Latvian, Spanish, Portuguese)
Irène (French)
Irenea (Spanish)
Irenka (Czech, Polish, Slovak)
Iria (Galician, Portuguese)
Iriana (English)
Iriana, Irene (Indonesian)
Iriena (English)
Irin (English)
Irini (Albanian)
Irina (Bulgarian, Finnish, Romanian, Russian)
Irine (English)
Irina (Russian, Romanian)
Irinka (Russian)
Irishka (Russian, Ukrainian)
Irinushka (Russian)
Irisha (Russian)
Irja (Finnish)
Irka (Czech)
Iryna (English, Ukrainian)
Irynka (Ukrainian)
Irynochka (Ukrainian)
Reeni (English)
Reeny (English)
Rena (English, Indonesian, Greek)
Rene (English)
Reney (English)
Reni (English, Indonesian)
Renie (English)
Rina (Indonesian, Russian)
Yarina (Russian)
Yaryna (Ukrainian)
Yeran (Armenian)
Yeranouhi (Armenian)

People with the given name

Irene, baptismal name of Tzitzak (died 750), wife of Byzantine Emperor Constantine V
Irene of Athens (c. 752 – 803), wife of Byzantine Emperor Leo IV and empress regnant, 797–802
Irene of Hungary (1088–1134), empress consort of John II Komnenos of the Byzantine Empire
Irene Angelina (fl. late 1100s)
Irene Dushmani (15th century), Albanian Princess of Zadrima and Pult
Irene Shpata (14th century) Albanian Princess of Arta and Despotess consort of Epirus
Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (1904–1974), later Duchess of Aosta, Queen of Croatia
Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (born 1942)
Princess Irene of the Netherlands (born 1939)
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866–1953)
Saint Irene (disambiguation), various saints
Eirene (artist), ancient Greek artist
Irene (singer) (born 1991), South Korean singer
Irene Abel (born 1953), East German gymnast
Irene Abendroth (1872–1932), Austrian operatic soprano
Irene Abrigo (born 1988), Italian violinist
Irene Adams (born 1947), Scottish politician
Irene Aebi (born 1939), Swiss singer, violinist and cellist
Irene Aguilar (born 1960), American politician
Irene Agyepong (born 1960), Ghanaian public health physician
Irene Ajambo (born 1987), Ugandan weightlifter
Irene Zoe Alameda, Spanish writer, filmmaker and composer
Irene Alexander, Australian spiritual director, writer and lecturer
Irene Osgood Andrews (1879–1963), American writer
Irene Ang (born 1969), Singaporean actress, comedian, host and entrepreneur
Irene Angelico, Canadian film director, producer and writer
Irene Kataq Angutitok (1914–1971), Inuit sculptor
Irene Arcos (born 1981), Spanish actress
Irene Aronson, German-American painter
Irene Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever (1919–2001), English philanthropist
Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq (born 1941), Canadian artist
Irene Awret (1921–2014), German artist and writer
Irene Azuela (born 1979), Mexican actress and producer
Irene Bache (1901–1999), British artist
Irene Baird, English-Canadian novelist
Irene Baker (botanist) (1918–1989), British-born American botanist
Irene Baker (1901–1994), American politician
Irene Baldessari (born 1993), Italian middle-distance runner
Irene Barberis (born 1953), Australian artist
Irene Barclay (1894–1989), British surveyor
Irene Barros (1930–2021), Indian politician
Irene Bayer-Hecht (1898–1991), American photographer
Irene Beardsley (born 1935), American mountaineer
Irene Beasley (1904–1980), American singer
Irene Blanco Becerra (born 1946), Mexican politician
Irene Becker, German nurse and serial killer
Irene Bedard (born 1967), Native American actress
Irene Beland, American nursing educator and patient-centered care researcher
Irene Bell Bonong (born 1995), Cameroonian sprinter
Irene Below, German art historian
Irene Benneweis (1891–1970), Danish acrobat and circus director
Irene Bentley (1870–1940), American actress
Irene Berger (born 1954), American judge
Irene Bernasconi (1896–1989), Argentine marine biologist
Irene Bertschek, German economist
Irene Beyeler (born 1985), Swiss sport shooter
Irene Beyerlein, American materials scientist
Irene Bianucci (1903–1988), Italian-American painter
Irene Bitto (born 1993), Italian cyclist
Irene Craigmile Bolam (1904–1982), American banker and former aviator
Irene Borrego (born 2001), Mexican weightlifter
Irene Bosch, Venezuelan biologist and researcher
Irene Mott Bose, American social worker
Irene Bridger (21st century), Canadian singer
Irene Brietzke (1944–2021), Brazilian actress and theatre director
Irene Brin (1911–1969), Italian journalist and writer
Irene Britton Smith (1907–1999), American classical composer
Irene Broe (1923–1992), Irish sculptor
Irene Brown (1919–2017), British code breaker
Irene Bennett Brown, American author
Irene Browne (1891–1965), British actress
Irene Mary Browne (1881–1977), British artist
Irene Bucher, Swiss orienteering competitor
Irene Bürgi, Swiss curler
Irene Burillo Escorihuela (born 1997), Spanish tennis player
Irene Burns, American television producer
Irene Bustamante Adams, American politician
Irene Byers (1906–1992), English novelist, poet and children’s writer
Irene Caba Alba (1905–1957), Spanish actress
Irene Cabrera Lorenzo, Spanish former volleyball player
Irene Cadurisch (born 1991), Swiss biathlete
Irene Calvert (1909–2000), Northern Irish politician and economist
Irene Camber (1926–2024), Italian fencer
Irene Campbell, Scottish Labour politician
Irene Capek (1924–2006), Australian politician
Irene Cara (1959–2022), American singer, songwriter, and actress
Irene Castelli (born 1983), Italian gymnast
Irene Aragón Castillo (born 1963), Mexican politician
Irene Castle (1893–1969), half of the ballroom dance team of Vernon and Irene Castle
Irene Cefaro (1935–2023), Italian stage and film actress
Irene Champlin (1932–1990), American actress
Irene Chang, Malaysian politician
Irene Chanter, British singer
Irene Charalambidou (born 1964), Cypriot journalist and politician
Irene Charnley (born 1960), South African businesswoman
Irene Chen, Australian actress
Irene Cheng (1904–2007), Hong Kong educationalist
Irene Chepet Cheptai (born 1992), Kenyan distance runner
Irene Chou (1924–2011), Chinese artist
Irene Clarin (born 1955), German television and theatre actress
Irene Clark Durrell (1852–1914), American educator
Irene Clark, Navajo weaver
Irene Coates (1925–2019), English playwright, poet, painter, feminist and environmentalist
Irene Collins (1925–2015), British historian and writer
Irene Condachi (1899–1970), Maltese physician
Irene Cortes (1921–1996), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Irene Cortes (artist), filmmaker and artist
Irene Costa (born 1972), Portuguese politician and social worker
Irene Cozad (1888–1970), American pianist, piano teacher and composer
Irene Crespin (1896–1980), Australian geologist and micro paleontologist
Irene Cruz, Spanish photographer and video artist
Irene Cruz-González, Mexican astronomer
Irene Cuadrado (born 1979), Spanish painter
Irene Cuesta (born 1983), Spanish archer and archery coach
Irene Curtoni (born 1985), Italian alpine skier
Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale (1896–1966), British hereditary peeress
Irene Cybulsky, Canadian lawyer and cardiac surgeon
Irene Dailey (1920–2008), American actress
Irene Dalby (born 1971), Norwegian swimmer
Irene Dalis (1925–2014), American opera singer
Irene Dallas (1883–1971), British suffragette
Irene Dalton (1901–1934), American actress
Irene Dare, American figure skater and film star
Irene Daw (1941–2010), British sports shooter
Irene Daye (1918–1971), American jazz musician
Irene Dean-Williams (1903–1946), aviator
Irene DeBari (born 1947), American television actress
Irène Debrunner (born 1952), Swiss swimmer
Irene DeLaby (1922–2012), American baseball player
Irène Deliège (1933–2024), Belgian cognitive scientist
Irene Delroy (1900–1985), American stage actress
Irene Desmet (1928–2020), English pediatric surgeon
Irene Devin, Wyoming politician
Irene Diaz, American singer-songwriter
Irene Dick (born 1949), Curaçaoan politician
Irene Caroline Diner Koenigsberger (1896–1985), American chemist
Irene Dingel (born 1956), German historian and Protestant theologian
Irene Dische (born 1952), American-Austrian writer
Irene Dixon (1924–2021), Bletchley Park codebreaker
Irene Dölling (born 1942), German sociologist
Irene Dorner (born 1954), American businesswoman
Irene Doukaina (c. 1066–1138), Empress Consort of the Byzantine Empire
Irene Doutney (c. 1949–2018), Australian politician
Irène Drésel (born 1984), French electronic music producer
Irene Drummond, Australian Army nurse
Irene Dubois, American drag performer
Irene Dufaux (born 1960), Swiss sport shooter
Irene Dunne (1898–1990), American actress
Irene Eastman (1894-1918), American singer
Irene Eber (1929–2019), Israeli orientalist
Irene Edgar (born 1957), Scottish lawn bowler
Irene Eijs (born 1966), Dutch rower
Irene Eisinger (1903–1994), German-British opera singer and film actress
Irene Ekelund (born 1997), Swedish sprinter
Irene Ellenberger (born 1946), German architect
Irene Emery (1900–1981), American art historian, scholar, curator, textile anthropologist, sculptor, and modern dancer
Irene Epple (born 1957), German alpine skier
Irene Escolar (born 1988), Spanish actress
Irene Esser (born 1991), Venezuelan actress, model and beauty queen
Irene Evans, musician and educator
Irene Eyaru, Ugandan netball player
Irene Fairbairn (1899–1974), Girl Guide Commissioner
Irene Falcón (1907–1999), Spanish journalist, feminist, pacifist and communist activist
Irene Fargo (1962–2022), Italian singer and actress
Irene Fenwick (1887–1936), American actress
Irene Ferguson, New Zealand painter
Irene Fernandez (1946–2014), Malaysian human rights activist
Irene Ferreira (born 1976), Venezuelan model
Irene Ferreiro (born 2001), Spanish actress, singer and author
Irene Ferri (born 1972), Italian actress and television presenter
Irene Fischer (1907–2009), Austrian-American mathematician and geologist
Irene Fitzner (born 1955), Argentine sprinter
Irene Fonseca (born 1956), Portuguese-American mathematician
Irene Foote, several people
Irene Forbes (1949–2014), Cuban fencer
Irene Fornaciari (born 1983), Italian singer-songwriter
Irene Fountas (born 1948), American educational theorist
Irène Frain (born 1950), French novelist, journalist and historian
Irene Franchini (born 1981), Italian archer
Irene Franklin (1885–1941), American actress
Irene Hanson Frieze, American psychologist and academic
Irene Frisch (1931–2021), American writer
Irene Fuhrmann (born 1980), Austrian footballer
Irene McCoy Gaines (1892–1964), American social worker and civil rights activist
Irene Galitzine (1916–2006), Russian-Georgian fashion designer
Irene O. Galloway, American Army soldier
Irène Galter (1931–2018), Italian actress
Irene M. Gamba, Argentine-American mathematician
Irene Gammel (born 1959), Canadian literary historian, biographer and curator
Irene Gardner (born 1985), American rugby sevens player
Irene Gargantini, Italian-Canadian computer scientist
Irene Gattilusio (died 1440), Byzantine Empress consort
Irene Gauthier (1920–2010), American massage teacher
Irene Antoinette Geffen, South African lawyer
Irene Genna (1931–1986), Greek-born Italian film and television actress
Irene Georgakoudi (born 1971), Greek physicist
Irini Georgatou (b. 1990), Greek tennis player
Irene George (born 1983), Solomon Islands tennis player
Irene Germini (born 1974), Italian rhythmic gymnast
Irene Ghobrial, American-Egyptian physician and academic
Irini Giannatou (1917–2000), birth name of Greek actress and singer Rena Dor
Irene M. Giblin (1888–1974), American pianist and composer
Irene Gifford, American politician
Irène Gijbels, mathematical statistician
Irene Gilbert (1934–2011), German-American actress
Irene Gilbert (swimmer) (1903–1988), British swimmer
Irene Gilbert (fashion designer) (c. 1910 – 1985), Irish fashion designer
Irene Gleeson (1944–2013), Australian aid worker
Irene Goergens (born 1951), German domestic terrorist
Irene Gonçalves (born 1984), Angolan footballer
Irene González, several people
Iréne Grahn (1945–2013), Swedish visual artist and inventor
Irene Grandi (born 1969), Italian singer and songwriter
Irene Greenwood (1898–1992), Australian feminist, pacifist activist, broadcaster and writer
Irene Gregory, American aerospace engineer
Irene Greif, American computer scientist
Irene Griegst (born 1945), Moroccan-born Danish goldsmith
Irene Griffin (activist), African-American activist
Irene Griffin, American politician
Irene Welch Grissom (1873–1965), American poet
Irene Grootboom, South African housing rights activist
Irene Güdel (1930–2023), Swiss cellist
Irene Guerrero (born 1996), Spanish footballer
Irene Guest (1900–1970), American swimmer
Irene Gurney (c. 1870–1951), Canadian pianist and clubwoman
Irene Haines, American politician and businesswoman from Connecticut
Irene Hall (1888–1961), Australian hospital matron
Irene Handl (1901–1987), British character actress
Irene Hannon, American author
Irene Harand (1900–1975), Austrian human rights activist
Irene Haschke (born 1921), German SS guard during World War II
Irene Hayes (1896–1975), American actress
Irene Hays (born 1953/1954), British civil servant and businesswoman
Irene Headin, Canadian handball player
Irene Hedlund (born 1947), Danish illustrator and children’s writer
Irene Heim (born 1954), American linguist
Irene Hervey (1909–1998), American film, stage and television actress
Irene Hess (1910–2009), American statistician
Irene Hickson (1915–1995), American baseball player
Irene Higginbotham (1918–1988), American musician
Irene Hirano (1948–2020), American business executive
Irene Hirst (1930–2000), British gymnast
Irene Hoffar Reid (1908–1994), Canadian painter
Irene Whitfield Holmes (1900–1993), American musicologist and ethnomusicologist
Irene Hostettler (born 1974), Swiss cyclist
Irene Howard (1903–1981), British costume designer
Irene Hughes (1920–2012), American psychic
Irene Hunt (actress) (1892–1988), American actress
Irene Hunt (1902–2001), American children's writer
Irene ʻĪʻī Brown Holloway, Hawaiian philanthropist
Irene Iacopi, Italian archaeologist
Irene Ibsen Bille (1901–1985), Norwegian novelist and playwright
Irene Ighodaro (1916–1995), Sierra Leone Creole physician and social worker
Irene Ivancan (born 1983), German table tennis player
Irene Jacob (born 1966), French-born Swiss actress
Irene Jakab (1919–2011), Hungarian-born psychiatrist
Irene James, Welsh politician
Irene Jansen (born 1983), Dutch singer
Irene Jelagat (born 1988), Kenyan middle-distance runner
Irene Jerotich Kosgei (born 1974), Kenyan long-distance runner
Irène Joachim (1913–2001), French soprano and vocal teacher
Irene Johansen (born 1961), Norwegian politician
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956), French scientist
Irene Jones, Canadian politician
Irene de Jong, Dutch classicist
Irene Joseph (born 1981), Indonesian sprinter
Irene Junquera (born 1985), Spanish journalist
Irene Kampen (1922–1998), American writer
Irene Kantakouzene (died 1457), wife of Serbian despot
Irini Karra (born 1986), Greek fashion model
Eirini Kavarnou (born 1980), Greek swimmer
Irene Kelley, American country and bluegrass singer
Irene Keng, American actress
Irene Kepl (born 1982), Austrian violinist and composer
Irene Kerwin (1925–2023), American baseball player
Irene Khan (born 1956), Bangladeshi academic
Irene Kim (born 1987), Korean-American model and television personality
Irene Kirpal (1886–1977), Czechoslovakian politician
Irene Kitchings (1908–1975), American musician and pianist
Irene Koh (born 1990), comics artist
Irene de Kok (born 1963), Dutch judoka
Irene Kopelman, Argentine-Dutch artist
Irene Koss (1928–1996), German actress and presenter
Irene Kotowicz (1919–2002), American baseball player
Irene Koumarianou (1931–2013), Greek actress
Irene Kowaliska (1905–1991), Italian painter, ceramicist and fabric designer
Irene Kral (1932–1978), American jazz musician
Irene Krugman (1925–1982), American sculptor
Irene Krugman Rudnick (1929–2019), American politician
Irene Corbally Kuhn (1898–1995), American journalist and author
Irene Küng, Swiss photographer
Irene Kuo (1919–1993), Chinese-American chef and bookwriter
Irene Kuzemko, intersex activist
Irene Kwambai (born 1978), Kenyan long-distance runner
Irene Kwok (born 1933), Hong Kong swimmer
Irene Lalji (died 2021), Surinamese lawyer and television presenter
Irène Landau, French parasitologist
Irene Lardschneider (born 1998), Italian biathlete
Irene Larsen (1936–2016), co-founder of the Magic Castle and the Academy of Magical Arts
Irene Latham (born 1971), American author
Irène Laure (1898–1987), French socialist activist and politician
Irene Heng Lauvsnes (born 1968), Norwegian politician
Irene Leache (1839–1900), American teacher
Irene Leigh, British dermatologist
Irene Lemos, British classical archaeologist
Irene Lentle (1912–2003), British table tennis player
Irene Lentz (1901–1962), American fashion and film costume designer, known simply as "Irene"
Irene Leverton (1927–2017), American pilot
Irene Lewisohn (1886–1944), American philanthropist
Irene Li, Boston based chef and restaurateur
Irène Lidova, (1907–2002), Russian-French dance critic
Irene Lieblich (1923–2008), Polish-American painter
Irene Lim, several people
Irene Lindh (born 1945), Swedish actress and singer
Irène de Lipkowski (1898–1995), French politician
Irene Lisboa (1892–1958), Portuguese novelist
Irene Logan (born 1984), Liberian-Ghanaian singer
Irene Loizate (born 1995), Spanish cyclist
Irene D. Long (1950–2020), American aerospace physician
Irene Longman (1877–1964), Australian politician
Irene López, Spanish footballer
Irene Loughlin (born 1967), Canadian artist
Irene Lozano (born 1971), Spanish writer and journalist
Irene Lusztig (born 1974), British-American filmmaker
Irene Luxbacher (born 1970), Canadian artist, author and illustrator
Irene MacDonald (1931–2002), Canadian diver
Irene Maguire (1929–2016), American figure skater
Irène Major (born 1979), British-Cameroonian fashion model and musical artist
Irene Rima Makaryk, Canadian English-language academic
Irene Mambilima (1952–2021), 7th Chief Justice of Zambia
Irene Manjeri, Ugandan pastor
Irene Mann (1929–1996), German dancer, actress and choreographer
Irene Manning (1912–2004), American actress and singer
Irene Manton (1904–1988), British botanist
Irene Marcos (born 1960), Filipino exile
Irene Marcuse, American author of mystery novels
Irene Martínez (1944–2014), Cuban track and field athlete
Irene Martínez (gymnast) (born 1966), Spanish gymnast
Irene Mathyssen (born 1951), Canadian politician
Irene Mawela (born 1940), South African singer and composer
Irene Mawer, English educator
Irene McAra-McWilliam, British design researcher and Director of the Glasgow School of Art
Irene McCormack (1938–1991), Australian Catholic Sister murdered by guerrillas in Peru
Irene McCulloch (1885–1987), American marine biologist of the 20th century
Irene McFarland, American aviator
Irene McGee, American podcaster
Irene McGugan (born 1952), Scottish politician
Irene McKinney (1939–2012), American poet
Irene R. McLeod (1891–c. 1968), British poet, writer and editor
Irene Mecchi (born 1949), American screenwriter and playwright
Irene Meichsner, German science journalist and author
Irène Mélikoff (1917–2009), Russian-French Turkologist
Irene Miguel-Aliaga, Spanish-British physiologist
Irene de Miguel (born 1981), Spanish politician
Irene Miguélez, Spanish footballer
Irene Mihalic (born 1976), German politician
Irene Miller, British screenwriter
Irene Miracle (born 1954), American actress
Irene Mitchell, Australian actress and theatre director
Irene Mitterstieler (born 1974), Italian luger
Irene Mogaka (born 1985), Kenyan long-distance runner
Irene Moillen, Swiss para-alpine skier
Irène Molitor (1927–2018), Swiss alpine skier
Irene Molloy (born 1978), American actress, singer and songwriter
Irene Molyneux (1923–2019), English lawn bowls player
Irene Monaco, Italian Paralympic competitor
Irène Monesi, French writer
Irene Montalà (born 1976), Spanish actress
Irene Montero (born 1988), Spanish politician and psychologist
Irene Montie (1921–2018), American statistician
Irene Montrucchio (born 1991), Spanish synchronized swimmer
Irene Moon, American entomologist and musician
Irene Moorman Blackstone (1872–1944), African-American businesswoman and club member
Irene Moors (born 1967), Dutch singer and television presenter
Irene Morales (1865–1890), Chilean soldier
Irene Moreira (born 1964), Uruguayan lawyer, businesswoman and politician
Irene Moreno (born 1952), American rower
Irene Morgan (1917–2007), African-American anti-segregation activist
Irene Moroz, British applied mathematician
Irene Morra (1893–1978), American film editor
Irene Moss (born 1948), Australian solicitor and public servant
Irene Mossop (1904–1988), British writer
Irene Mounce, Canadian mycologist
Irene Mountbatten, Marchioness of Carisbrooke (1890–1956), British noblewoman
Irene Mullen (1914–1981), Canadian swimmer
Irene Müller (born 1942), East German pair skater
Irene Muloni (born 1960), Ugandan politician
Irene Mulvey, American mathematician
Irene Mulyagonja, Ugandan lawyer and judge
Irene Patricia Murphy Keeley (born 1944), American judge
Irene Mutsila (1949–2017), South African politician
Irene Koki Mutungi (born 1976), Kenyan aviator
Irene Muyanga (born 1943), Ugandan sprinter
Irene Zin Mar Myint (born 1990), Burmese pop singer
Irene Napier (born 1953), Scottish makeup designer
Irene Jai Narayan (1932–2011), Fijian politician
Irene Natividad (born 1948), Filipino-American women’s rights activist
Irene Neal, American painter
Irene Nelson (born 1972), Russian singer, songwriter and record producer
Irene Neverla, Austrian professor
Irene Ng (politician) (born 1963), Singaporean politician
Irene Ng (born 1974), former American actor
Irene Mrembo Njoki, Kenyan politician
Irene Lange Nordahl (born 1968), Norwegian politician
Irene Nordli (born 1967), Norwegian artist
Irene Ntale (born 1989), Ugandan musician
Irene Núñez (born 1987), Panamanian model and beauty pageant titleholder
Irene Obera (born 1933), American track and field athlete
Irene Oguiza (born 2000), Spanish footballer
Irene Ogus, English table tennis player
Irene Ogutu (born 1987), Kenyan footballer
Irene Ojala (born 1960), Norwegian politician
Irene Oldfather (born 1954), Scottish politician
Irene Gut Opdyke (1918–2003), Polish Righteous Among the Nations
Irene Osgood (1875–1922), American poet
Irene Otieno (born 1986), American football player
Irene Ovonji-Odida (born 1964), Ugandan lawyer, politician, and women's rights activist
Irene Pacheco (born 1971), Colombian boxer
Irene Papas (1929–2022), Greek actress
Irene Paredes (born 1991), Spanish footballer
Irene Parenti Duclos (1754–1795), Italian artist
Irene Parlby (1868–1965), Canadian politician
Irene E. Parmelee (1847–1934), American painter
Irene Levine Paull (1908–1981), American writer and labor activist
Irene Pavloska, American opera singer
Irene Bowder Peacock (1892–1978), South African tennis player
Irene C. Peden (born 1925), American engineer
Irene Peirano Garrison, American philologist
Irene Pepperberg (born 1949), American scientist noted for her studies in animal cognition
Irene Pérez, Chicana muralist
Irene Perveen (born 1940), Pakistani film playback singer
Irene Peslikis (1943–2002), American feminist artist and activist
Irene de Peyré (1874–1968), Guatemalan educator and feminist
Irene Pijoan (1953–2004), Swiss-born American painter, sculptor, and educator
Irene Flunser Pimentel (born 1950), Portuguese historian of the 20th century
Irene Piotrowski (1941–2020), Lithuanian-Canadian athlete
Irene Pirie (1914–1998), Canadian swimmer
Irène Pittelioen (1927–2011), French gymnast
Irene Pivetti (born 1963), Italian politician
Irene Pnevmatikos, Australian politician
Irene Pollin (1924–2020), American sports executive
Irene Polo (1909–1942), Spanish journalist, publicist and translator
Irène Popard (1894–1950), French choreographer
Irène Possemiers (born 1934), Belgian swimmer
Irene Prador (1911–1996), Austrian actress and writer
Irene Prescott (born 1994), Tongan swimmer
Irini Psyhrami, Greek pop singer
Irene Purcell (1896–1972), American actress
Irène Pusterla (born 1988), Swiss long jumper
Irene Rathbone (1892–1980), novelist
Irene Ravache (born 1944), Brazilian actress
Irene Victoria Read, Australian charity and community worker
Irene Reed (1931–2005), American anthropologist, linguist and educator
Irene Reid (1930–2008), American jazz singer
Irene Reyes-Noguerol, Spanish writer
I. Rice Pereira (1902–1971), American abstract artist, poet and philosopher
Irene Rich (1891–1988), American actress
Irene Richards, New Zealand painter
Irene Rigau (born 1951), Spanish politician
Irene del Río, Spanish footballer
Irene Roberts (born 1983), American mezzo-soprano
Irene Robertson (1931–1994), American hurdler
Irene Robledo (1890–1988), Mexican educator and humanist
Irene Rocas i Romaguera, Catalan folklorist and lexicographer
E. Irene Rood (1843-1921), founder of the Chicago Audubon Society
Irene Rooke (1874–1958), English actress
Irene Rosenfeld (born 1953), American businesswoman
Irene Rousseau (born 1941), American artist
Irene S. Rubin (born 1945), American political scientist
Irene Ruhnke (1920–1999), baseball player
Irene Runge (born 1942), American-German-Jewish sociologist and writer
Irene E. Ryan (1909–1997), American aviator, engineer, geologist, government official and politician
Irene Ryan (1902–1973), American actress
Irene Ryder, Hong Kong musical artist
Irene Sabadini, Italian mathematician
Irene Sabatini, Zimbabwean writer
Irene Sabido, Mexican producer and writer
Irene Saez (born 1961), Venezuelan politician and former Miss Universe
Irene Salemka (1931–2017), Canadian opera singer
Irene Saltern (1911–2005), American designer
Irene Sánchez-Escribano (born 1992), Spanish athletics competitor
Irene Sandiford-Garner (born 1961), Barbadian politician
Irene Sänger-Bredt (1911–1983), German engineer, mathematician and physicist
Irene Sankoff, Canadian librettist and composer
Irene Santiago, Filipina peace negotiator and women’s advocate
Irene Sargent (1852–1932), American art historian
Irene Saunders, American lexicographer
Irene Savidge (1905–1985), English factory worker and subject of police interrogation scandal
Irene Scharrer (1888–1971), English classical pianist
Irene Schloss, Argentine Antarctic researcher
Irene Schmidt, Dutch para table tennis player
Irene H. Schöne (born 1942), German environmental economist
Irene Schoof, Dutch cricketer
Irene Schori (born 1983), Swiss curler
Irene Schouten (born 1992), Dutch speed skater
Irene Schroeder (1909–1931), American murderer
Irene Schuch (1935–2023), German discus thrower
Irène Schweizer (1941–2024), Swiss pianist
Irene Sciriha, Maltese mathematician
Irene F. Scott (1912–1997), American Tax Court judge
Irene Scruggs (1901–1981), American singer
Irene Mayer Selznick (1907–1990), American theatre producer
Irene Sewankambo, Ugandan electrical engineer
Irene Sharaff (1910–1993), American costume designer
Irene Shepard (1922–2014), American politician
Irene Shin, Virginia politician
Irene Shubik (1929–2019), British television producer and story editor
Irene Siegel, American artist
Irene Siragusa (born 1993), Italian sprinter
Irene Skliva (born 1978), Miss World 1996
Iréne Slättengren (born 1952), Swedish equestrian
Irene Sloan (1942–2008), American journalist
Irene Smart (1921–2017), American politician
Irene Solà (born 1990), Spanish writer and an artist
Irene Spencer (1937–2017), American author
Irene di Spilimbergo (1538–1559), Italian painter
Irene Spry (1907–1998), Canadian economist
Irene Staunton, Zimbabwean publisher and editor
Irène Stecyk (born 1937), Belgian writer
Irene Steer (1889–1977), British swimmer
Irene Stefani (1891–1930), 20th-century Italian Catholic religious sister
Irene Stegun (1919–2008), American politician
Irene Stelling (born 1971), Danish footballer
Irene Monat Stern, Polish-American painter
Irene Steyn (born 1977), Namibian cyclist
Irene Stoehr (1941–2023), German journalist
Irene Stolofsky (1896–1950), American violinist
Irene Strong (1929–2018), Canadian swimmer
Irene Strychalski, American comic book writer
Irene Kharisma Sukandar (born 1992), Indonesian chess player
Irene Sunters (1928–2005), Scottish actress
Irene Sutcliffe (1924–2019), English actress
Irène Sweyd (born 1940), Belgian swimmer
Irene Barnes Taeuber (1906–1974), American demographer
Irene Tamborra, Italian particle astrophysicist
Irene Tarimo (born 1964), Tanzanian scientist, biologist and educator
Irene Frances Taylor (1890–1933), Australian journalist and activist
Irene S. Taylor (1902–1989), American journalist and public information specialist
Irene Taylor (1906–1988), American singer
Irene Taylor (filmmaker) (born 1970), American director and producer
Irene Tedrow (1907–1995), American character actress
Irini Terzoglou (born 1979), Greek shot putter
Irene Thomas (1920–2001), British radio personality
Irène Tiendrébéogo (born 1977), Burkinabé-Monegasque athlete
Irene Tinagli (born 1974), Italian economist and politician
Irene Tinker (born 1927), American economist
Irene Tobar (born 1989), Ecuadorian footballer
Irène Tolleret (born 1967), French politician
Irene Tomaszewski, Canadian writer, editor and translator
Irene Naa Torshie Addo (born 1970), Ghanaian politician and lawyer
Irene Tracey (born 1966), British neuroscientist
Irène de Trebert (1921–1996), French singer, dancer and actress
Irene Treppler (1926–2012), American politician
Irene Triplett (1930–2020), last recipient of an American Civil War pension
Irene Tripod, British actress
Irene Trowell-Harris (born 1939), United States Air Force general
Irene Tsu (born 1945), American actress
Irene Tu, American comedian, actor and writer
Irene Tucker, American literary critic and theorist
Irène Tunc (1935–1972), French actress
Irene Tupuna, Cook Islander lawn bowler
Irene Uchida (1917–2013), Canadian scientist and Down Syndrome researcher
Irene Usabiaga (born 1993), Spanish cyclist
Irene Uwoya (born 1988), Tanzanian actress and businesswoman
Irene Vallejo (born 1979), Spanish writer and academic
Irene van den Broek (born 1980), Dutch cyclist
Irene van Dyk (born 1972), New Zealand netball player
Irene van der Reijken, Dutch athlete
Irene van Renswoude, Dutch historian
Irene van Zyl (born 1984), Namibian cricketer
Irene Vanbrugh (1872–1949), English actress
Irene Vecchi (born 1989), Italian fencer
Irene Vélez Torres, Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia (2022–present)
Irène Vernal (1912–2008), Belgian actress
Irene Vernon (1922–1998), American actress
Irene Sue Vernon, American professor
Irene Viaene (born 1949), Argentine alpine skier
Irene Vilar, Puerto Rican writer
Irene Villa (born 1978), Spanish author and journalist
Irene Visedo (born 1978), Spanish actress
Irene B. Vogel, American linguist
Irene von Chavanne (1863–1938), Austrian opera singer
Irene von Fladung, Austrian opera singer
Irene von Meyendorff (1916–2001), Russian-born German-British actress
Irene Vorrink (1918–1996), Dutch politician
Irene Wagner-Döbler, German microbiologist
Irene Wan (born 1966), Hong Kong actress and singer
Irene Wang (born 1986), Hong Kong model and actress
Irene Ward (1895–1980), British Conservative Party politician
Irene Ware (1910–1993), American actress
Irene N. Watts (1931–2023), German-born Canadian writer and educator
Irene Weir, American artist and art educator
Irene Wellington (1904–1984), British calligrapher and teacher
Irene Whittome (born 1942), Canadian multimedia artist
Irene Williams, American artist
Irene J. Winter (born 1940), American art historian
Irene Woodall (1946–2015), American journalist
Irene Worth (1916–2002), American actress
Irene Wosikowski (1910–1944), German political activist
Irene Wrenner, American politician
Irene Aloha Wright (1879–1972), American historian
Irene Xavier (born 1951), Malaysian activist
Irene Yah-Ling Sun, American actor and collector
Irene Young Mattox (1881–1970), American Christian speaker and educator
Irene Vera Young (1895–1975), Australian dancer and dance educator
Irene Zazians (1927–2012), Iranian actress
Irene Zechner, Austrian luger
Irena Zemanová (born 1977), Czech figure skater
Irène Zilahy (1904–1944), Hungarian actress
Irene Zisblatt (born 1929), Carpathian-American Holocaust survivor
Irene M. Zoppi (born 1966), Brigadier General, United States Army Reservist
Irene Zundel, Mexican sculptor, painter and photographer
Irène Zurkinden (1909–1987), Swiss painter
Mother Irini (1936–2006), Egyptian abbess

References

^ Gauche, Isebell (3 February 2012). The A to Z of Names (Revised and Expanded Edition): Discover the Promise Your Name Holds!. Struik Christian Media. ISBN 978-1-4153-1626-9.
^ Daly, Kathleen N.; Rengel, Marian (2009). Greek and Roman Mythology, A to Z. Infobase Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-4381-2800-9.

[1] Gauche, Isebell (3 February 2012). The A to Z of Names (Revised and Expanded Edition): Discover the Promise Your Name Holds!. Struik Christian Media. ISBN 978-1-4153-1626-9.

[2] Daly, Kathleen N.; Rengel, Marian (2009). Greek and Roman Mythology, A to Z. Infobase Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-4381-2800-9.

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