# Irene (given name)

Irene (Ancient Greek: Ειρήνη, romanized: Eirḗnē), sometimes written Irini, is derived from εἰρήνη, the Greek word for "peace". Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace. 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), Inuk 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 H. Butter, German-born American economist and holocaust survivor
* 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 V. Clark (1927–1984), American artist
* 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 Pepinghege (born 1941), German canoeist
* 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