# Irene

Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), Greek for "peace".
Irene, and related names, may refer to:

## Places

* Irene, Gauteng, South Africa
* Irene, South Dakota, United States
* Irene, Texas, United States
* Irene, West Virginia, United States
* Irene Lake, Quebec, Canada
* Lake Irene, a small lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States
* Lake Irene, a lake in Minnesota, United States
* Irene River (Opawica River tributary), a tributary of the Opawica River in Quebec, Canada
* Irene River (New Zealand), a river of New Zealand
* Eirini metro station, an Athens metro station in Ano Maroussi, Greece

## Storms and hurricanes

* Tropical Storm Irene (1947)
* Tropical Storm Irene (1959)
* Hurricane Irene–Olivia (1971)
* Hurricane Irene (1981), part of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season
* Hurricane Irene (1999)
* Hurricane Irene (2005)
* Hurricane Irene (2011)

## Arts and entertainment
### Films and anime

* Irene (1926 film), an American silent film
* Irene (1940 film), an American film
* Irene (2002 film), a French film
* Irene (2009 film), a French film
* Irina Jelavić, a character in the manga and anime Assassination Classroom
* Eirene, a character in the anime SoltyRei
* Irene, the female protagonist of the 2011 movie Drive
* Irene Belserion, a character in the manga Fairy Tail
* Irene Moffat, a character in the 1987 American fantasy comedy movie Harry and the Hendersons

### Literature

* Irene (play), a play written by Samuel Johnson between 1726 and 1749
* Irène (tragedy), a 1778 play by Voltaire
* "Irene", an 1831 poem by Edgar Allan Poe, also known as "The Sleeper"
* Irene Adler, a character in the Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia"
* Destiny (Irene Adler), a Marvel Comics character
* Irene Redfield, a character in the novel Passing, by Nella Larsen
* Irene Forsyte, a character in The Forsyte Saga
* Irene Pollock, a character in the 44 Scotland Street series
* Irene Van de Kamp, a character in the Good Girls (comics) series
* Irene Kennedy, a character in multiple Mitch Rapp novels by Vince Flynn
* Princess Irene, the heroine of The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
* The eponymous protagonist of Irene Iddesleigh by Amanda McKittrick Ros

### Music

* Irene (musical), a 1919 Broadway musical
* Irene (singer) (born 1991), South Korean entertainer and member of the girl group Red Velvet
* Irene, a character in the opera Tamerlano by Handel
* Irene, a character in the opera Bajazet by Vivaldi
* "Irene", a song by Beach House on the 2012 album Bloom
* "Irene", a song by Mike Oldfield on the 2014 album Man on the Rocks
* "Irene", a song by tobyMac on the 2001 album Momentum

### Television

* Irene the Concierge, a character in the TV series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
* Irene Frederic, a character in the series Warehouse 13

## Ships

* Irene (ketch), a 1907 sailing ship
* Irene (sternwheeler), a 1900s steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet
* Irene-class cruiser, of the German Imperial Navy
** SMS Irene, a German protected cruiser in service from 1887 to 1921
* HMS Princess Irene
* MV Eirini, a British refrigerated cargo liner in service from 1961 to 1970
* MV Irene, a Greek-owned freighter
* MV Irene SL, a Greek-owned supertanker
* TSS Irene (1885), a steam turbine cargo vessel in service from 1885 to 1906
* SS Irene, a China Merchants Steam Navigation Company steamship, sank in 1927 by Royal Navy submarines in the Irene incident

## Other uses

* Irene of Athens, Byzantine empress from 797 to 802
* Irene (costume designer), American fashion designer and costume designer
* IRENE (technology), an optical method for playing sound recordings
* 14 Irene, an asteroid
* Irene, in chemistry the hydrocarbon (CH$_3$)$_4$C$_{10}$H$_8$ formed by dehydration of irone
* A rosemary cultivar
* A brand name of desipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant
* Operation Irini, a European Union Naval Operation