Girl · Greek
Irina
Say it: ee-REE-nah
Meaning
From Greek Eirene 'peace'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Byzantine and Orthodox name, very common in Russia in the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 1,815 babies given this name since 1944
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 13,300 girls
- 99 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ирина
| Ukrainian | Iryna |
|---|---|
| Polish | Irena |
| Czech | Irena |
| Serbian | Irina |
| Bulgarian | Irina |
| Greek | Eirene |
| English | Irene |
| Greek | Eirini |
Famous bearers
- Irina Godunova, Tsaritsa of Russia
- Irina Rodnina, Soviet figure skater
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.