Irene

Irene comes from Greek Eirene meaning “peace”. In Greek mythology, Eirene is the Greek goddess of peace and the season of the spring, and is one of the Horae/Horai, goddessess of the season and later became assocoiated with order and justice. Although Irene is often pronounced eye-reen in the English-speaking world, it’s also pronounced eye-reen-ee or er-re-ne.

Origin: Ancient Greek

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Variants:

• Eirene (Ancient Greek)
• Irena (Polish, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Dutch, Lithuanian)
• Irina (Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Finnish, Georgian)
• Arina (Russian)
• Irine (Georgian)
• Iria (Portuguese, Galician)
• Irenka (Czech and Polish diminutive of Irena)
• Irène (French)
• Eirini (Greek)
• Irini (Modern Greek)
• Irén (Hungarian)
• Eireen (Irish)