Irene (given name)

Irene (Ancient Greek: Ειρήνη, romanized: Eirḗnē), sometimes written Irini, is derived from εἰρήνη, the Greek word for "peace".^[1] Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace.^[2] 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).

Irene

Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace.
Pronunciation	/aɪˈriːn/ eye-REEN; /aɪˈriːni/ eye-REEN-ee
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	Peace
Other names
Related names	Arina, Eirene, Iren, Irena, Irina, Rina

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), Inuit 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 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 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 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

References

1. Gauche, Isebell (3 February 2012). The A to Z of Names (Revised and Expanded Edition): Discover the Promise Your Name Holds!. Struik Christian Media. ISBN 978-1-4153-1626-9.
2. Daly, Kathleen N.; Rengel, Marian (2009). Greek and Roman Mythology, A to Z. Infobase Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-4381-2800-9.