Irina

Irina [ ahy-ree-nuh ] is a Slavic feminine given name, meaning peace (from ancient Greek εἰρήνη).

Variant forms include Iryna and Arina. This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).

People named Irina
 Irina Antonenko, Miss Russia 2010
 Irina Baskakova, a Soviet track and field sprinter
 Irina-Camelia Begu, a Romanian tennis player
 Irina Bespalova, a Russian butterfly swimmer
 Irina Deleanu, a Romanian former individual rhythmic gymnast
 Irina Hakamada, a Russian politic
 Irina Ionesco, a French photographer
 Irina Iordachescu, a Romanian soprano opera singer
 Irina Kostyuchenkova, a Ukrainian javelin thrower
 Irina Krush, an elite chess player
 Irina Lashko, a Russian-born Australian diver
 Irina Lazareanu, a Romanian-born Canadian model
 Irina Livezeanu, a Romanian-born American historian
 Irina Pantaeva, a Siberian fashion model and actress
 Irina Podyalovskaya, a Soviet middle distance runner
 Irina Pudova, a famous Yakut ballerina
 Irina Press, Soviet 2x Olympic champion (80-m hurdles & pentathlon)
 Irina Rodnina, a Soviet figure skater
 Irina Saari, a Finnish pop singer
 Irina Sharipova, 1st runner-up at Miss Russia 2010. Contestant of Miss World 2010 and representative of Russia
 Irina Shayk, a model originally from Russia
 Irina Slutskaya, a Russian world champion figure skater
 Irina Tebenikhina, a Russian volleyball player 
 Irina Toneva, a Russian pop singer
 Irina Ufimtseva, a Russian freestyle swimmer
 Irina Voronina, a Playboy Playmate originally from Russia
 Irina Popova, Russian sinologist and historian (born 1961)

Fictional characters
 Irina Denali, a member of the Denali coven in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
 Irina Derevko, KGB and Covenant terrorist, a main character in the Alias series
 Irina Palm, pseudonym of the main character in  2007 film of the same name
 Irina Spalko, a fictional Soviet Union KGB agent in the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
 Irina Clayton, a.k.a. Choir, a former member of the Xavier Institute student body and the Street Team X-Men in the Marvel Comics Universe
Irina, One of the three sisters in Anton Chekhov's play 'Three Sisters'
Irina Kerchenkov, a Russian model in Sarra Manning's Fashionistas book series

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