Name: Irene
Gender: Female
Usage: Irene, of anglo-saxon origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Irene are in general originating from Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Irene across the world, see Irina, Irène, Iréné.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Irene is: Peace, Peaceful.
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Numerology of the first name Irene: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Irene is ranked on the 423rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1545400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.022% of the population. The name Irene has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Irene for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Irene is 5 April.
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History and Origin
Irene (Ειρήνη Eirene), sometimes written Irini, is derived from εἰρήνη - the Greek for "peace". Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace. Irene was also the name of an 8th-century Byzantine empress, as well as the name of several saints. Irene was the sixth most popular name for girls in Spain in 2006. It was the 632nd most popular name for girls in the United States in 2007, down from 592nd place in 2006.
English: name (from Greek eirēnē peace) borne in Greek mythology by a minor goddess who personified peace, and by a Byzantine empress (752–803). The name was taken up in the English-speaking world at the end of the 19th century, and became popular in the 20th, partly as a result of being used as the name of a character in John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga (1922). It was formerly pronounced in three syllables, as in Greek, but is now thoroughly naturalized as an English name and usually pronounced as two syllables.
Cognates: Irena. French: Irène. Russian: Irina.
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