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Irene

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Iceland Icelandic
Sami Sami
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

From the Greek name Ειρηνη (Eirene)

Greek eirēnē = 'peace' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Related Names

Airin ♀
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Eireen ♀
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 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Eiren ♀
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 Norwegian
Eirene ♀ Finish Norwegian Swedish
Eiréne ♀ Swedish
Eirin ♀
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Eirinn ♀
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Ihrene ♀
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 Swedish
Ihréne ♀
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Ireen ♀
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 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Ireene ♀
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 Finish Swedish
Ireeni ♀
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 Finish
Iren ♀
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Irén ♀
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Íren ♀
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 Icelandic
Irena ♀
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 Danish Faroese Finish Greenlandic Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Írena ♀
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 Icelandic
Irene ♀
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Irène ♀
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Iréne ♀
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Irenes ♀
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Yrena ♀
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See also Arina, Erene, Inni, Irina, Irini, Iriska, Irkka, Rena

For male forms see Irenæus

Combinations

For combinations see IR (name element)

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Ireneson Iceland

Female

Irenedóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Irene
Genitive: Irenes
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Irene
Genitive: Irenen
Partitive: Ireneä
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Irene
Accusative: Irene
Dative: Irene
Genitive: Irene
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Irene
Genitive: Irenes
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Irene
Genitive: Irenes

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

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 53,532 people were named Irene (percentage of first or only given name: 17 %) [9]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[10]
8786 40211 8786 40209 0 2
Finland Finland[11]
n.a.
 43126
n.a.
 43126 0 0
Denmark Denmark[12]
4937
n.a.
 4937
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[13]
17 48
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[14]
16 32
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[15]
7652
n.a.
 7652
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: 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

Name statistics for Irene (f) Sources: [10][12][15][11]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Irene (f)


References

  1. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  7. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  13. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  14. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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