# Irene
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɪˈɹiːn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːn

### Proper noun

Irene
* (Greek mythology) Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ; equivalent to the Roman goddess Pax.
* (astronomy) 14 Irene, a main belt asteroid.
* A female given name from Ancient Greek, in regular use since the 19th century.
** 1653, Jeremiah Burroughs, Irenicum: To the Lovers of Truth & Peace, London: Robert Dawlman, page 267:But lest I be thought too literall, give me leave to allegorize upon this Irene. Her name is a Greek name, Εἰρήνη, it signifies peace; we must not dote upon our Irene, our private peace, that the publique should suffer for the sake of it.
** 1944, A.J.Cronin, The Green Years, Little, Brown, and Company, page 62:"And I have such a horrible name. Think of it... Kate. Who would take Kate on a Moonlight Cruise...or out to the Minstrels at the point. If you ever do find me in the company of a strange young man, call me Irene. Promise me."
** 1993, Oscar Hijuelos:, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, →ISBN, page 75:Better to consider the love of Irene, the seventh of the sisters, with her most elegant name.
* A city and town in South Dakota, United States.

#### Related terms

* irenic (and its related terms)
* Santa Irene

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* NEERI, Ierne, ERNIE, Ernie

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English Irene, borrowed from French Irène, from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”). Also from Irenea.

### Proper noun

Irene
* a female given name
* (Greek mythology) Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ
* (astronomy) the asteroid 14 Irene

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Irene.

### Anagrams

* Ernie

## Danish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

### Proper noun

Irene
* a female given name

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 24 029 females with the given name Irene have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌiˈreː.nə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Ire‧ne
* Rhymes: -eːnə

### Proper noun

Irene f
* a female given name

### Anagrams

* Ieren

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

### Proper noun

Irene
* a female given name

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈirene/, [ˈire̞ne̞]
* Rhymes: -irene
* Hyphenation: I‧re‧ne

### Proper noun

Irene
* a female given name
** 1978, Tuovi Saarenpää, Kihlat, Weilin + Göös, →ISBN, page 69:Jo lapsuudessa he olivat olleet erilaisia, ei olisi sisaruksiksi uskonut. Ja oli kuin äitikin olisi vaistonnut ja tajunnut sen heti alusta alkaen, kun antoi heille, sisaruksille, niin erilaiset nimet. Mikä nyt olisi ollut tavallisempi nimi kuin Elvi? Vaikka eihän se ollut nykyään enää tavallinenkaan, vanhanaikainen se oli, ei sellaista nimeä tavannut enää juuri kellään. Kun taas Irene―sehän soinnahti heti niin hienosti. Eräällä prinsessallakin taisi olla sellainen nimi. Ja Irene oli aina ollut nimensä mittainen.Already in childhood they had been different, and one would be hard-pressed to believe they were siblings. The mother had already realized it and given them, the siblings, so different names. What could have been a more mundane name than Elvi? Even if it wasn't mundane anymore, it was old-fashioned, a name nobody had anymore, while Irene―had such a pleasant ring. A certain princess had such a name, perhaps. Irene had always been worthy of her name.
** 1984, Veronica Pimenoff, Loistava Helena, Tammi, →ISBN, page 280:Tytär oli nimetön. Helena ei ollut halunnut valita nimeä etukäteen jostakin luettelosta. Hän oli ajatellut että kunhan hän näkee lapsen, hän tietää mikä sen nimi on. Ei hän tiennyt, mikään nimi ei tuntunut sille sopivalta. Sampo oli ehdottanut Ireneä tytön nimeksi enemmän sen merkityksen kuin äänneasun vuoksi. Helena toisti nyt tämän nimen ääneen kuin sovittaakseen sitä lapselle mutta ei tuo tuntunut sopivan.The daughter was yet unnamed. Helena didn't want to pick a name from a list in advance. She had thought that whenever she saw the child, she will know what the correct name will be. But she didn't. No name seemed correct. Sampo had suggested Irene as the name more due to what it meant than how it sounded. Helena kept repeating the name out loud as if to see if it would fit, but it did not seem to.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Irene (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ireneni
Ireneni
accusative
nom.
Ireneni
Ireneni
gen.
Ireneni
genitive
Ireneni
Irenejeni Ireneini $^{rare}$
partitive
Ireneäni
Irenejäni
inessive
Irenessäni
Ireneissäni
elative
Irenestäni
Ireneistäni
illative
Ireneeni
Ireneihini
adessive
Irenelläni
Ireneilläni
ablative
Ireneltäni
Ireneiltäni
allative
Irenelleni
Ireneilleni
essive
Irenenäni
Ireneinäni
translative
Irenekseni
Ireneikseni
abessive
Irenettäni
Ireneittäni
instructive
comitative
—Ireneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Irenesi
Irenesi
accusative
nom.
Irenesi
Irenesi
gen.
Irenesi
genitive
Irenesi
Irenejesi Ireneisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Ireneäsi
Irenejäsi
inessive
Irenessäsi
Ireneissäsi
elative
Irenestäsi
Ireneistäsi
illative
Ireneesi
Ireneihisi
adessive
Irenelläsi
Ireneilläsi
ablative
Ireneltäsi
Ireneiltäsi
allative
Irenellesi
Ireneillesi
essive
Irenenäsi
Ireneinäsi
translative
Ireneksesi
Ireneiksesi
abessive
Irenettäsi
Ireneittäsi
instructive
comitative
—Ireneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Irenemme
Irenemme
accusative
nom.
Irenemme
Irenemme
gen.
Irenemme
genitive
Irenemme
Irenejemme Ireneimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Ireneämme
Irenejämme
inessive
Irenessämme
Ireneissämme
elative
Irenestämme
Ireneistämme
illative
Ireneemme
Ireneihimme
adessive
Irenellämme
Ireneillämme
ablative
Ireneltämme
Ireneiltämme
allative
Irenellemme
Ireneillemme
essive
Irenenämme
Ireneinämme
translative
Ireneksemme
Ireneiksemme
abessive
Irenettämme
Ireneittämme
instructive
comitative
—Ireneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Irenenne
Irenenne
accusative
nom.
Irenenne
Irenenne
gen.
Irenenne
genitive
Irenenne
Irenejenne Ireneinne $^{rare}$
partitive
Ireneänne
Irenejänne
inessive
Irenessänne
Ireneissänne
elative
Irenestänne
Ireneistänne
illative
Ireneenne
Ireneihinne
adessive
Irenellänne
Ireneillänne
ablative
Ireneltänne
Ireneiltänne
allative
Irenellenne
Ireneillenne
essive
Irenenänne
Ireneinänne
translative
Ireneksenne
Ireneiksenne
abessive
Irenettänne
Ireneittänne
instructive
comitative
—Ireneinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Irenensä
Irenensä
accusative
nom.
Irenensä
Irenensä
gen.
Irenensä
genitive
Irenensä
Irenejensä Ireneinsä $^{rare}$
partitive
Ireneään Ireneänsä
Irenejään Irenejänsä
inessive
Irenessään Irenessänsä
Ireneissään Ireneissänsä
elative
Irenestään Irenestänsä
Ireneistään Ireneistänsä
illative
Ireneensä
Ireneihinsä
adessive
Irenellään Irenellänsä
Ireneillään Ireneillänsä
ablative
Ireneltään Ireneltänsä
Ireneiltään Ireneiltänsä
allative
Irenelleen Irenellensä
Ireneilleen Ireneillensä
essive
Irenenään Irenenänsä
Ireneinään Ireneinänsä
translative
Irenekseen Ireneksensä
Ireneikseen Ireneiksensä
abessive
Irenettään Irenettänsä
Ireneittään Ireneittänsä
instructive
comitative
—Ireneineen Ireneinensä :

#### Related terms

* Irina

#### Statistics

* Irene is the 230th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,451 female individuals (and as a middle name to 19,551 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

### Anagrams

* Eerin

## German
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈʁeːnə/
* Hyphenation: Ire‧ne
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Irene
* a female given name from Ancient Greek

#### Related terms

* Irina

## Italian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”) /eː.rɛ̌ː.nɛː/.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈrɛ.ne/
* Rhymes: -ɛne
* Hyphenation: I‧rè‧ne

### Proper noun

Irene f
* a female given name

### Anagrams

* Erine, ernie

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /iːˈreː.neː/, [iːˈreːneː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /iˈre.ne/, [iˈrɛːne]

### Proper noun

Īrēnē f sg (genitive Īrēnēs); first declension
* Irene (Greek goddess of peace, Latin equivalent: Pax)

#### Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

### References

* Irene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Norwegian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

### Proper noun

Irene
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* Eirin, Iren

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /iˈɾe.ni/
* (Brazil) IPA: /iˈɾe.ni/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /iˈɾe.ne/
* (Portugal) IPA: /iˈɾɛ.nɨ/
* Hyphenation: I‧re‧ne

### Proper noun

Irene f
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Irene

#### Related terms

* Iria

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈɾene/ [iˈɾe.ne]
* Rhymes: -ene
* Syllabification: I‧re‧ne

### Proper noun

Irene f
* a female given name from Ancient Greek

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* Irène

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Irene c (genitive Irenes)
* a female given name

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 47 739 females with the given name Irene living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

### Anagrams

* Reine

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Irene, from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔajˈɾin/ [ʔaɪ̯ˈɾin̪]
* Rhymes: -in
* Syllabification: I‧rene

### Proper noun

Irene (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔)
* a female given name from English