Irene

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

From the Greek name Ειρηνη (Eirene)

Greek eirēnē = 'peace' [1] [2] [3]

Related Names

     
Airin Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Eirin Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Erina Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Erja Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Iija Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Iira Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Inni Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Norwegian
Ira Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish
Ire Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ireene Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ireeni Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Iren Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian
Íren Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Irena Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Írena Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Irene Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Irène Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Iréne Swedish
Irenes Swedish
Ireneus Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Irenus Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
Irenæus Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
Iri Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Irina Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Irinja Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Irinä Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Iro Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Irre Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Iru Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Reene Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Reeni Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Irja, Irkka

Combination

Name
Element    
Example
UNN see Irunn

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

5 April

Finland Finland

5 April

Norway Norway

5 April

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

5 April

Sweden Sweden

5 April

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1814 [2]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png 10265 47739 0 1
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 6154 8303 0 0
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 5629 n.a. 0 n.a
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 41396 n.a 2
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[4][6][5][7]:Name statistics for Irene(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Irene(f)


Sources: [4] [6] [5] [7]

References

  1. Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
  2. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  4. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi