Irene

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Borrowed from French Irène, from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”), name of a goddess of peace, of early Christian saints, and of an 8th-century Byzantine empress. Doublet of Eirini.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: Իրինա — female given name
• Belarusian: Іры́на (Irýna) — female given name
• Bengali: আইরিন (airin) — female given name
• Breton: Eirene — female given name
• Bulgarian: Ири́на (Irína) — female given name
• Catalan: Irene — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 艾琳 (Àilín) — female given name
• Coptic: Ⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ (Irēnē) — female given name
• Czech: Irena — female given name
• Danish: Irene — female given name
• Dutch: Irene — female given name
• Estonian: Irene — female given name
• Faroese: Irena — female given name
• Finnish: Irene — female given name
• French: Irène — female given name
• Galician: Irene — female given name
• Georgian: ირინა (irina) — female given name
• German: Irene — female given name
• Greek: Ειρήνη (Eiríni) — female given name
• Ancient Greek: Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē) — female given name
• Hindi: आइरीन (āirīn) — female given name
• Hungarian: Irén — female given name
• Hungarian: Irénke — female given name
• Hungarian: Jerne — female given name
• Ingrian: Iro — female given name
• Italian: Irene — female given name
• Japanese: アイリーン (Airīn) — female given name
• Japanese: エイレーネー (Eirēnē) — female given name
• Korean: 이레네 — female given name
• Latin: Irene — female given name
• Latvian: Irēna — female given name
• Lithuanian: Irena — female given name
• Macedonian: Ире́на (Iréna) — female given name
• Macedonian: Ири́на (Irína) — female given name
• Northern Mansi: Уринэ (Urinè) — female given name
• Northern Mansi: Аринэ (Arinè) — female given name
• Norwegian: Irene — female given name
• Polish: Irena — female given name
• Portuguese: Irene — female given name
• Portuguese: Iria — female given name
• Romanian: Irina — female given name
• Russian: Ири́на (Irína) — female given name
• Russian: Айри́н (Ajrín) — female given name
• Skolt-Sami: Iirâšǩ — female given name
• Slovak: Irena — female given name
• Spanish: Irene — female given name
• Swedish: Irene — female given name
• Turkish: İrini — female given name
• Ukrainian: Іри́на (Irýna) — female given name
• Ukrainian: Яри́на (Jarýna) — female given name
• Yakut: Оруунэ (Oruune) — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 司寧星 /司宁星 (Sīníngxīng) — Asteroid
• Italian: Irene — Asteroid
• Russian: Ире́на (Iréna) — Asteroid
• French: irène — hydrocarbon
• German: Iren — hydrocarbon