Irene

Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), the Greek for "peace". See Irene (given name).

Irene, Irina, Irini, Irin, Eirene, Eirini, Eireni, or Ireen may refer to:

As a given name

People

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
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 Bedard (born 1967), Native American actress
Irene Bridger (21st century), Canadian singer
Irene Cara (born 1959), American singer, songwriter, and actress
Irene Castle (1893–1969), half of the ballroom dance team of Vernon and Irene Castle
Irene Charnley (born 1960), South African businesswoman
Irene Chepet Cheptai (born 1992), Kenyan distance runner
Irene Dallas (born 1883) and sister Hilda Dallas (1878–1958, British suffragettes
Irene Dick (born 1949), Curaçaoan politician
Irene Dunne (1898–1990), American actress
Irene Edgar (born 1957), Scottish lawn bowler
Irene Eijs (born 1966), Dutch rower
Irini Georgatou, Greek tennis player
Irini Giannatou, birth name of Greek actress and singer Rena Dor
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 Hays (born 1953/1954), British civil servant and businesswoman
Irene Heines, American politician an businesswoman from Connecticut
Irene Hunt, American children's writers
Irene Jacob (born 1966), French-born Swiss actress
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956), French scientist
Irini Karra, Greek fashion model
Eirini Kavarnou, Greek swimmer
Irene de Kok (born 1963), Dutch judoka
Irene Lentz (1901–1962), American fashion and film costume designer, known simply as "Irene"
Irene McAra-McWilliam, British design researcher and Director of the Glasgow School of Art
Irene Papas (born 1926 or 1929), Greek actress
Irene Piotrowski (born 1941), Lithuanian-Canadian athlete
Irini Psyhrami, Greek pop singer
Irene Ryan (1902–1973), American actress
Irene Saez (born 1961), Venezuelan politician and former Miss Universe
Irene Skliva (born 1978), Miss World 1996
Irene Tedrow (1907–1995), American character actress
Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
Irene van Dyk (born 1972), New Zealand netball player
Mother Irini (1936–2006), Egyptian Abbess

Places

Irene, Gauteng, a small town in South Africa
Irene, South Dakota, United States, a town
Irene, Texas, United States, an unincorporated community
Irene, West Virginia
Lake Irene, a small lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States
Lake Irene, a lake in Minnesota
Eirini station, an Athens metro station in Ano Maroussi, Greece
Irene Lake, Quebec, Canada
Irene River (Opawica River tributary), a tributary of the Opawica River in Quebec, Canada
Irene River (New Zealand), a river of New Zealand, flowing into Charles Sound, Fiordland

Storms and hurricanes

Tropical Storm Irene (1947), part of the 1940–49 Pacific typhoon seasons
Tropical Storm Irene (1959), caused minor damage to the Florida Panhandle
Hurricane Irene–Olivia, struck Nicaragua in 1971
Hurricane Irene (1981), part of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season, eventually struck France
Hurricane Irene (1999) passed over Cuba and inflicted much damage on Florida
Hurricane Irene (2005)
Hurricane Irene (2011), caused extensive damage to the Greater Antilles and the US East Coast—name was retired after 2011

Literature and entertainment

Films and anime

Irene (1926 film), American silent film
Irene (1940 film), American film
Irene (2002 film), French film
Irene (2009 film), French film
Eirene, character in the anime SoltyRei
Irene, the female protagonist of the 2011 movie Drive
Irene, name of famous and bloody mission in Somalia, also seen in movie Black Hawk Down
Irene Belserion, a character in the manga Fairy Tail
Irina Jelavić, a character in the manga and anime of the same name, Assassination Classroom

In literature

Irene (play), a play written by Samuel Johnson between 1726 and 1749
Irène, a play by Voltaire (1778)
Princess Irene, the heroine of The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
Irene Redfield, a character in the novel Passing, by Nella Larsen
Irene, also known as The sleeper, a poem or Edgar Allan Poe
Irene Adler, a character in the Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia"
Irene Forsyte, a character in The Forsyte Saga
Irene Pollock, a character in the 44 Scotland Street series
Irene Van de Kamp, a character in the Good Girls (comics) series
Destiny (Irene Adler), a Marvel Comics character
Irene Kennedy, a character in multiple Vince Flynn novels
Irene Iddesleigh, the eponymous protagonist of a novel by Amanda McKittrick Ros

In music

Irene (musical), a 1919 Broadway musical
Irene, a character in the opera Tamerlano by Handel
Irene, a character in the opera Bajazet by Vivaldi
"Irene", a song by Beach House
"Irene", a song by Mike Oldfield on his album Man on the Rocks
"Irene", a song by tobyMac on his album Momentum
Irene (singer), the stage name of Red Velvet's Bae Joohyun.

In television

Irene the Concierge, character in the TV series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Irene Frederic, a character in the series Warehouse 13

Ships

MV Eirini, a British refrigerated cargo liner in service from 1961 to 1970
MV Irene, a Greek-owned freighter
Irene-class cruiser, of the German Imperial Navy
- SMS Irene, a German protected cruiser in service from 1887 to 1921
Irene (sternwheeler), a steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet in the early 1900s
TSS Irene (1885), a steam turbine cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1885 to 1906
MV Irene SL, a Greek-owned supertanker
Irene (ketch), a sailing ship built in 1907 in Bridgwater
HMS Princess Irene

Other uses

IRENE (technology), an optical method for playing sound recordings
14 Irene, an asteroid
Irene, in chemistry the hydrocarbon (CH₃)₄C₁₀H₈ formed by dehydration of irone
A rosemary cultivar
A brand name of desipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant

Eirene

Eirene (goddess), the Greek personification of peace.
Eirene (moon), moon of Jupiter
Eirene (daughter of Poseidon)
Eirene (genus), a genus of hydrozoans in the family Eirenidae